TOTP: Time-Based One-Time Password Algorithm
draft-mraihi-totp-timebased-08

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Subject: Document Action: 'TOTP: Time-based One-time Password Algorithm' to Informational RFC (draft-mraihi-totp-timebased-08.txt)

The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'TOTP: Time-based One-time Password Algorithm'
  (draft-mraihi-totp-timebased-08.txt) as an Informational RFC

This document has been reviewed in the IETF but is not the product of an
IETF Working Group.

The IESG contact person is Sean Turner.

A URL of this Internet Draft is:
http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-mraihi-totp-timebased/

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Technical Summary

This document describes an extension of one-time password (OTP) 
algorithm, namely the HAMC-Based One-Time Password (HOTP) Algorithm as 
defined in RFC 4226, to support time-based moving factor. The HOTP 
algorithm specifies an event based OTP algorithm where the moving factor 
is an event counter. The present work bases the moving factor on a time 
value. A time-based variant of the OTP algorithm provides short-lived 
OTP values, which are desirable for enhanced security.

The authors believe that a common and shared algorithm will facilitate 
adoption of two-factor authentication on the Internet by enabling 
interoperability across commercial and open-source implementations.

Working Group Summary

This document was developed outside the IETF, namely in the OATH 
community. A number of OATH members participated in the IETF KEYPROV 
working group and brought this work forward to the IETF.

Document Quality

This document is an AD-sponsored submission and has enjoyed review 
within the OATH community. Implementations of the specification exist.

Personnel

Hannes Tschofenig <Hannes.Tschofenig@gmx.net> is the document shepherd 
for this document.
Sean Turner <turners@ieca.com> is the sponsoring Area Director.

RFC Editor Note