Is there a tutorial on how to implement Google Authenticator in .NET apps? [closed]

Answer 1

After a bit of researching and testing I created my own "proof-of-concept" on how to you can generate a QR-image, scan it from your phone, and then verify that the pin-code on the phone is correct. Maybe this could be developed further as a library if anyone wants to join? The code can be found here:

https://github.com/esp0/googleAuthNet

Answer 2

I didn't find a tutorial, but it seems like writing a port wouldn't be so hard. It is a Java application, and is based off existing standards (HMAC SHA1).

See this page for details on the non-GUI guts:

• http://blog.jcuff.net/2011/02/cli-java-based-google-authenticator.html

And see these pages for info on porting, and an existing (unofficial) Silverlight port:

• http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/issues/detail?id=49
• http://code.google.com/p/g-authenticator-wp7/

Answer 3

You could run this simple Console App to understand how to verify the one time token code. Note that we need to install library Otp.Net from Nuget package first.

static string secretKey = "JBSWY3DPEHPK3PXP"; //add this key to your Google Authenticator app  

private static void Main(string[] args)
{
        var bytes = Base32Encoding.ToBytes(secretKey);

        var totp = new Totp(bytes);

        while (true)
        {
            Console.Write("Enter your code from Google Authenticator app: ");
            string userCode = Console.ReadLine();

            //Generate one time token code
            string tokenInApp = totp.ComputeTotp();
            int remainingSeconds = totp.RemainingSeconds();

            if (userCode.Equals(tokenInApp)
                && remainingSeconds > 0)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Success!");
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Failed. Try again!");
            }
        }
}

Answer 4

While playing around with Google Authenticator, I came across this question and in particular the code contributed by Espo. I personally wasn't satisfied with the conversion from Java to C# and so I thought I would share my version. Aside from heavily refactoring the code:

• Introduced check for little-endian byte ordering and convert to big-endian as necessary.
• Introduced parameter for the HMAC key.

For more information on the provisioning url format, see also: https://github.com/google/google-authenticator/wiki/Key-Uri-Format

Feel free to use if you like, and thanks to Espo for the initial work.

using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Net;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;

public class GoogleAuthenticator
{
    const int IntervalLength = 30;
    const int PinLength = 6;
    static readonly int PinModulo = (int)Math.Pow(10, PinLength);
    static readonly DateTime UnixEpoch = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);

    /// <summary>
    ///   Number of intervals that have elapsed.
    /// </summary>
    static long CurrentInterval
    {
        get
        {
            var ElapsedSeconds = (long)Math.Floor((DateTime.UtcNow - UnixEpoch).TotalSeconds);

            return ElapsedSeconds/IntervalLength;
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    ///   Generates a QR code bitmap for provisioning.
    /// </summary>
    public byte[] GenerateProvisioningImage(string identifier, byte[] key, int width, int height)
    {
        var KeyString = Encoder.Base32Encode(key);
        var ProvisionUrl = Encoder.UrlEncode(string.Format("otpauth://totp/{0}?secret={1}&issuer=MyCompany", identifier, KeyString));

        var ChartUrl = string.Format("https://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=qr&chs={0}x{1}&chl={2}", width, height, ProvisionUrl);
        using (var Client = new WebClient())
        {
            return Client.DownloadData(ChartUrl);
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    ///   Generates a pin for the given key.
    /// </summary>
    public string GeneratePin(byte[] key)
    {
        return GeneratePin(key, CurrentInterval);
    }

    /// <summary>
    ///   Generates a pin by hashing a key and counter.
    /// </summary>
    static string GeneratePin(byte[] key, long counter)
    {
        const int SizeOfInt32 = 4;

        var CounterBytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(counter);

        if (BitConverter.IsLittleEndian)
        {
            //spec requires bytes in big-endian order
            Array.Reverse(CounterBytes);
        }

        var Hash = new HMACSHA1(key).ComputeHash(CounterBytes);
        var Offset = Hash[Hash.Length - 1] & 0xF;

        var SelectedBytes = new byte[SizeOfInt32];
        Buffer.BlockCopy(Hash, Offset, SelectedBytes, 0, SizeOfInt32);

        if (BitConverter.IsLittleEndian)
        {
            //spec interprets bytes in big-endian order
            Array.Reverse(SelectedBytes);
        }

        var SelectedInteger = BitConverter.ToInt32(SelectedBytes, 0);

        //remove the most significant bit for interoperability per spec
        var TruncatedHash = SelectedInteger & 0x7FFFFFFF;

        //generate number of digits for given pin length
        var Pin = TruncatedHash%PinModulo;

        return Pin.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture).PadLeft(PinLength, '0');
    }

    #region Nested type: Encoder

    static class Encoder
    {
        /// <summary>
        ///   Url Encoding (with upper-case hexadecimal per OATH specification)
        /// </summary>
        public static string UrlEncode(string value)
        {
            const string UrlEncodeAlphabet = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789-_.~";

            var Builder = new StringBuilder();

            for (var i = 0; i < value.Length; i++)
            {
                var Symbol = value[i];

                if (UrlEncodeAlphabet.IndexOf(Symbol) != -1)
                {
                    Builder.Append(Symbol);
                }
                else
                {
                    Builder.Append('%');
                    Builder.Append(((int)Symbol).ToString("X2"));
                }
            }

            return Builder.ToString();
        }

        /// <summary>
        ///   Base-32 Encoding
        /// </summary>
        public static string Base32Encode(byte[] data)
        {
            const int InByteSize = 8;
            const int OutByteSize = 5;
            const string Base32Alphabet = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ234567";

            int i = 0, index = 0;
            var Builder = new StringBuilder((data.Length + 7)*InByteSize/OutByteSize);

            while (i < data.Length)
            {
                int CurrentByte = data[i];
                int Digit;

                //Is the current digit going to span a byte boundary?
                if (index > (InByteSize - OutByteSize))
                {
                    int NextByte;

                    if ((i + 1) < data.Length)
                    {
                        NextByte = data[i + 1];
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        NextByte = 0;
                    }

                    Digit = CurrentByte & (0xFF >> index);
                    index = (index + OutByteSize)%InByteSize;
                    Digit <<= index;
                    Digit |= NextByte >> (InByteSize - index);
                    i++;
                }
                else
                {
                    Digit = (CurrentByte >> (InByteSize - (index + OutByteSize))) & 0x1F;
                    index = (index + OutByteSize)%InByteSize;

                    if (index == 0)
                    {
                        i++;
                    }
                }

                Builder.Append(Base32Alphabet[Digit]);
            }

            return Builder.ToString();
        }
    }

    #endregion
}

Answer 5

To Add Google Two Factor Authentication using Google Authenticator you need the following

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;
using System.Web.Profile;
using System.Web.Security;
using Google.Authenticator;

To get the Google.Authenticator; check here https://www.nuget.org/packages/GoogleAuthenticator

now setting up the Google authentication.

TwoFactorAuthenticator tfa = new TwoFactorAuthenticator();
var setupInfo = tfa.GenerateSetupCode("Name of the app", "More info ABout the App", "SuperSecretKeyGoesHere", 300 , 300); //the width and height of the Qr Code in pixels

string qrCodeImageUrl = setupInfo.QrCodeSetupImageUrl; //  assigning the Qr code information + URL to string
string manualEntrySetupCode = setupInfo.ManualEntryKey; // show the Manual Entry Key for the users that don't have app or phone
Image1.ImageUrl = qrCodeImageUrl;// showing the qr code on the page "linking the string to image element"
Label1.Text = manualEntrySetupCode; // showing the manual Entry setup code for the users that can not use their phone

you can change the SuperSecretKeyGoesHere to any value that you want, but make sure it has more than 10 character otherwise the manual entry key that is generated will not work. Now you can check the user input with text box and button click

this bit will look at the user entry and see if its ok

string user_enter=TextBox1.Text;
TwoFactorAuthenticator tfa = new TwoFactorAuthenticator();
bool isCorrectPIN = tfa.ValidateTwoFactorPIN("SuperSecretKeyGoesHere", user_enter);
if (isCorrectPIN == true)
{
Label2.Text = "i am cool";

}
else
{

Label2.Text = "i am Fool";
}

Answer 6

The question asked for a tutorial which the other answers I don't feel cover,

one can be found at:

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/403355/Implementing-Two-Factor-Authentication-in-ASP-NET

The tutorial was written by Rick Bassham and covers information on:

"What is Two Factor Authentication" "What is Google Authenticator" "How does it work"

It then explains how to implement code for:

"Counter Based One Time Password Generation" "Time Based One Time Password Generation"

And gives a full tutorial using Visual Studio 2010 under:

"How do I put it to use"