New Android Single Packet Authorization Client: Fwknop2
12 June, 2015
After a long while without updates to the fwknop clients on Android or iOS, I'm
excited to announce that Jonathan Bennett
has developed an entirely new client for Android called Fwknop2. This
client adds significant features such as the ability to save configurations (including
both encryption and authentication keys), proper handling of base64 encoded keys, and
support for manually specified IP addresses to be allowed through the remote firewall.
Further, Fwknop2 integrates with
JuiceSSH
so that an SSH connection can seamlessly be launched right after the SPA packet is
sent. Finally, in an interesting twist, Fwknop2 will be able to read encryption
and HMAC keys via a QR code via the camera. The QR code itself is generated from
key material in --key-gen mode (which is currently available in the standard fwknop
client and will be available in the fwknopd server in the next release).
Fwknop2 will be available on both the Google Play store and via F-Droid within the next few hours, and in the meantime the APK is available on github here.
Below are a couple of screenshots of the new Android client in action - these are from an Android VM running under Parallels on Mac OS X (Yosemite):
