Passkeys will require another factor soon @ OWASP

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Dirk Wetter

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Nov 15, 2024, 4:33:21 AM11/15/24
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Hi,

this feel somewhat weird, security-wise . Is it possible to exempt passkeys?


Cheers, Dirk


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Andrew van der Stock

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Nov 15, 2024, 10:56:13 AM11/15/24
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Hi Dirk,

Passkeys remain available as a login option once you enroll in MFA. I have MFA on all the things, and I use passkeys for all my GSuite accounts every single day.

thanks,
Andrew

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Dirk Wetter

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Nov 15, 2024, 11:24:45 AM11/15/24
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Hi Andrew,

thanks, maybe we misunderstood each other? My point being there should be no reason using passkey plus MFA. Passkey only is fine.

The private key is on a hardware device and in practise there is no attack vector to retrieve that key. Moreover and importantly —that’s why probably MFA should be used ehre —passkeys are safe against phishing, other than e.g. TOTP .

So if there’s a possibility to exclude passkeys in the MFA policy in GSuite for OWASP that would much appreciated.

Thanks, Dirk

Grant Ongers (OWASP)

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Nov 15, 2024, 1:03:32 PM11/15/24
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I think Google considers Passkey to be a form of MFA for policy purposes.



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Andrew van der Stock

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Nov 15, 2024, 1:25:33 PM11/15/24
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Google considers passkeys and passwords to be equivalent, even though passkeys are far better in every way. They are a single factor still (something you have). 

I don't have a choice to opt folks out of Google MFA if they have passkeys. So I've given everyone until the end of the year to sign up for MFA. I'll increase our comms to our members and on social media. 

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thanks,
Andrew



Bil Corry - Treasurer

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Nov 15, 2024, 1:28:07 PM11/15/24
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Google won't ask for 2FA if using a passkey, but probably requires you to enroll a 2FA.

This screenshot is from the Google 2FA enrollment page (https://myaccount.google.com/signinoptions/twosv) and says the same thing:

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Dirk Wetter

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Nov 17, 2024, 8:07:33 AM11/17/24
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Hi guys,

ok, after enabling another factor my passkey login worked without prompting further --so far .


Thanks, guys!

Dirk



> Am 15.11.2024 um 19:27 schrieb Bil Corry - Treasurer <bil....@owasp.org>:
>
> Google won't ask for 2FA if using a passkey, but probably requires you to enroll a 2FA.
>
> This screenshot is from the Google 2FA enrollment page (https://myaccount.google.com/signinoptions/twosv) and says the same thing:
>
> <image.png>
>
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 11:25 AM 'Andrew van der Stock' via Leaders <lea...@owasp.org> wrote:
> Google considers passkeys and passwords to be equivalent, even though passkeys are far better in every way. They are a single factor still (something you have).
>
> I don't have a choice to opt folks out of Google MFA if they have passkeys. So I've given everyone until the end of the year to sign up for MFA. I'll increase our comms to our members and on social media.
>
> Grant Ongers
> Co-Lead | OWASP Cornucopia Project
> Co-Lead | OWASP OWASP PSCF
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