[Dev] Is Winauth supposed to be considered already as abandonware? #621
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Unfortunately, it's pretty much dead. Although many people still use it daily, including me, it really has reached the end of its life and needs significant updating. I just don't have time to work on it any more let alone rewrite it. Everything was moved under github so the winauth.com domain could be taken down and not be a dependency. |
Notifying users either by |
It's a shame, but understandable. Are there any alternatives that we should look at? |
Thats realy sad! So we only can use now KeePass XC which have OTP included or we use https://authy.com Edit: While authy is opensource, their website isnt privacy friendly: https://webbkoll.dataskydd.net/en/results?url=http%3A%2F%2Fauthy.com%2F |
@winauth which 2FA program (beside yours) did you recommend for windows? |
Why not let someone take over? |
@Roland80 @beerisgood @beerisgood In case of Authy as long as keys are stored somewhere in "cloud" or else, this type of authentication should be considered as not secure. |
I thing i switch to andOTP from F-Droid which also have QR-Code Support. @Porgi: yeah. i dont trust Authy |
@beerisgood I'm using FreeOTP on Android which also have QR code support |
I would rather not move to another authenticator, none of them have all of the features this one has. it is only missing one authenticator I use but I'm not sure how easy it would be to emulate the Square Enix Software Token. I recommend winauth to everyone that would use the google authenticator. I really hope someone else takes up this project |
Just discovered WinAuth a few days ago. Really cool program! A shame there won't be updates any more. I have enabled 2FA on multiple accounts already, I like that you can really harden your accounts with this, like locking them on a specific computer or specific user only. Btw, I have keepassxc, I could use that as an authentication solution. Also can I ask an off-topic question? How do I add an account not on the list of supported services? I see an "import" button and it looks for xml files, could anyone please tell me how to use that feature? I don't see it in the documentation. Thanks! |
Depends on the service. You can click Add and in the first field enter a KeyUri format (see https://github.com/google/google-authenticator/wiki/Key-Uri-Format) or put into into a text file and Import it. Otherwise, it depends on the other service as to if it can be added. |
KeyPassXC is cross-platform continuation of keepass, and it supports OTP as well. Just my two cents. |
I guess you mean KeePassXC instead of "KeyPassXC" ? Also i like the original KeePass more then KeePass XC |
Winauth.com domain is dead end (bad configuration in CloudFlare?)
Last commit was 6 months ago and lot of unclosed issues.
Winauth looks now like software under code freeze but for me it looks more like abandonware.
@winauth thoughts?
Also c1be966 shows clearly that all bug reporting was removed as well as domain was removed from code.
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