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Hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary USB Flash Drives.
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  1. pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary USB Flash Drives.
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  3. It works with any application supporting PAM, such as _su_, any login manager (_GDM_, _KDM_), etc. The pam_usb package contains:
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  5. * A PAM Module
  6.     * Password-less authentication. Use your USB stick for authentication, don't type passwords anymore.
  7.     * Device auto probing.You don't need to mount the device, or even to configure the device location (_sda1_, _sdb1_, etc). pam_usb.so will automatically locate the device using _HAL_ and access its data by itself.
  8.     * Two-factor authentication. Achieve greater security by requiring both the USB stick and the password to authenticate the user.
  9.     * Non-intrusive. pam_usb doesn't require any modifications of the USB storage device to work (no additional partitions required).
  10.     * USB Serial number, model and vendor verification.
  11.     * Support for **One Time Pads** authentication.
  12.     * You can use the same device accross multiple machines.
  13.     * Support for all kind of removable devices (SD, MMC, etc).
  14. * Several tools
  15.     * **pamusb-agent**: trigger actions (such as locking the screen) upon device authentication and removal.
  16.     * **pamusb-conf**: configuration helper.
  17.     * **pamusb-check**: integrate pam_usb's authentication engine within your scripts or applications.