NodeServices::TimeBasedTokenCheckToken Method

Syntax

Arguments

keyCharacter

The secret key used to create the token. The secret passed to the function should be 16 characters in length if you plan to use the Google Authenticator application.

tokenCharacter

The token to validate.

Returns

resultLogical

Returns .f. if the token is not valid. Otherwise, returns .t..

Description

Check validity of token

Discussion

The NodeServices::TimeBasedToken CheckToken() method validates a token given a secret key. Time based tokens are often used with an application such as Google Authenticator for two-factor authentication.

'validate a time based token
'NOTE: in many cases the user will use an App like Google Authenticator
'to generate the token
dim tbt as nodeservices::timebasedtoken

dim secret as c 
secret = "abcdefghijklmnop"
dim token as c
token = "123456"

dim flagValid as l
flagValid = tbt.CheckToken(secret,token)