linux-credentials / linux-credentials/credentialsd
Allow moving between transports
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- Dominant language
- Rust
- Stars
- 259
- Forks
- 19
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Description
We should make it so that we can move back and forth between different transports/authenticators.
Right now, once you select an authenticator (scan the QR code, touch a USB security key, etc.), you have to finish the ceremony with that authenticator, or cancel the whole thing. I'd like the user to be able to start with a USB key, click the back button (e.g. because they realized it was the wrong one), select a different USB key, or select hybrid.
(I think scanning the hybrid QR code should probably lock you into finishing, but that's sort of a design question, and credentialsd doesn't need to make that decision; we can defer it to the UI.)
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing the authenticator-selection, back-button, cancellation, and transport state flow described in the issue. Compare USB-key switching with selecting hybrid, then define the state transitions and verify that users can return to selection and choose another authenticator without cancelling the ceremony.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux, rust
- Domain
- authentication, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100