nuvious/pam-duress

A Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) which allows the establishment of alternate passwords that can be used to perform actions to clear sensitive data, notify IT/Security staff, close off sensitive network connections, etc if a user is coerced into giving a threat actor a password.

763 best points · 343 comments · 1 Hacker News post · 1,415 GitHub stars · View on GitHub

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• PAM Duress – Alternate passwords for panic situations (763 points, 343 comments, by xanthine, 2021-08-22)