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QEMU U2F Key Device Documentation.
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Contents
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1. USB U2F key device
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2. Building
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3. Using u2f-emulated
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4. Using u2f-passthru
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5. Libu2f-emu
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1. USB U2F key device
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U2F is an open authentication standard that enables relying parties
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exposed to the internet to offer a strong second factor option for end
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user authentication.
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The standard brings many advantages to both parties, client and server,
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allowing to reduce over-reliance on passwords, it increases authentication
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security and simplifies passwords.
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The second factor is materialized by a device implementing the U2F
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protocol. In case of a USB U2F security key, it is a USB HID device
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that implements the U2F protocol.
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In QEMU, the USB U2F key device offers a dedicated support of U2F, allowing
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guest USB FIDO/U2F security keys operating in two possible modes:
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pass-through and emulated.
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The pass-through mode consists of passing all requests made from the guest
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to the physical security key connected to the host machine and vice versa.
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In addition, the dedicated pass-through allows to have a U2F security key
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shared on several guests which is not possible with a simple host device
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assignment pass-through.
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The emulated mode consists of completely emulating the behavior of an
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U2F device through software part. Libu2f-emu is used for that.
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2. Building
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To ensure the build of the u2f-emulated device variant which depends
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on libu2f-emu: configuring and building:
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./configure --enable-u2f && make
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The pass-through mode is built by default on Linux. To take advantage
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of the autoscan option it provides, make sure you have a working libudev
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installed on the host.
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3. Using u2f-emulated
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To work, an emulated U2F device must have four elements:
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* ec x509 certificate
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* ec private key
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* counter (four bytes value)
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* 48 bytes of entropy (random bits)
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To use this type of device, this one has to be configured, and these
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four elements must be passed one way or another.
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Assuming that you have a working libu2f-emu installed on the host.
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There are three possible ways of configurations:
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* ephemeral
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* setup directory
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* manual
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Ephemeral is the simplest way to configure, it lets the device generate
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all the elements it needs for a single use of the lifetime of the device.
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qemu -usb -device u2f-emulated
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Setup directory allows to configure the device from a directory containing
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four files:
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* certificate.pem: ec x509 certificate
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* private-key.pem: ec private key
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* counter: counter value
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* entropy: 48 bytes of entropy
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qemu -usb -device u2f-emulated,dir=$dir
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Manual allows to configure the device more finely by specifying each
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of the elements necessary for the device:
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* cert
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* priv
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* counter
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* entropy
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qemu -usb -device u2f-emulated,cert=$DIR1/$FILE1,priv=$DIR2/$FILE2,counter=$DIR3/$FILE3,entropy=$DIR4/$FILE4
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4. Using u2f-passthru
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On the host specify the u2f-passthru device with a suitable hidraw:
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qemu -usb -device u2f-passthru,hidraw=/dev/hidraw0
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Alternately, the u2f-passthru device can autoscan to take the first
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U2F device it finds on the host (this requires a working libudev):
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qemu -usb -device u2f-passthru
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5. Libu2f-emu
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The u2f-emulated device uses libu2f-emu for the U2F key emulation. Libu2f-emu
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implements completely the U2F protocol device part for all specified
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transport given by the FIDO Alliance.
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For more information about libu2f-emu see this page:
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https://github.com/MattGorko/libu2f-emu.
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