Yes, IMO we can't rename TOTP as Google authenticator. Because TOTP will
provide the facility to use the Google authenticator to get the token and
validate the user. But it can be also used to authenticate the user like
SMSOTP and emailOTP.


Thanks,

On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 7:34 PM, Prabath Siriwardana <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>
> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:24 PM, Kathees Rajendram <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> +1 for common module for TOTP and HOTP algorithms.
>>
>> IMO can we rename TOTP authenticator to Google Authenticator.
>>
>
> Isn't that misleading...?
>
>
>> SMS OTP, Email OTP and Google Authenticator can have the options TOTP
>> and  HOTP.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Kahees
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 7:51 PM, Malaka Silva <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> +1 for separating common modules.
>>>
>>> However IMO these needs to go as two different authenticators since
>>> it provides two distinct methods to authenticate.
>>>
>>> +architecture
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Rajj
>>> ​common mod​
>>> az Mohammed <[email protected]>
>>> Date: Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 6:56 PM
>>> Subject: OATH Authenticators for IS
>>> To: Malaka Silva <[email protected]>, Rohan Perera <[email protected]>
>>> Cc: Kathees Rajendram <[email protected]>, Elilmatha Sivanesan <
>>> [email protected]>, Keerthika Mahendralingam <[email protected]>,
>>> Shakila Sivagnanarajah <[email protected]>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>> We already have SMS OTP , Email OTP and TOTP all are using hash-based
>>> message authentication code
>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash-based_message_authentication_code>
>>> (HMAC) algorithm. OATH provides 2 types of authentication methods[1]
>>> TOTP[2] and HOTP[3].
>>>
>>> OTP relies on two basic things, a shared secret and a moving factor. for
>>> TOTP moving factor will be a timestamp[2] and for HOTP that moving factor
>>> will be a counter[3].
>>> But according to the list[4] given by IS Team we are developing separate
>>> authenticators. can't we create common modules for these OATH[1]
>>> authenticators?
>>>
>>> WDYT?
>>>
>>>
>>> [1] https://openauthentication.org/specifications-technical-resources/
>>> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-based_One-time_Password_Algorithm
>>> [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAC-based_One-time_Password_Algorithm
>>> [4]
>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WhAc2yXg9SJ_fAFQYKwetbmP09m5TWEvRGLp04a0dO8/edit#gid=2089406928
>>>
>>>
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