HOTP

acronym

securitycryptography

Stands for: HMAC-based One-Time Password

A one-time code advanced by a counter rather than a clock.

HMAC-based One-Time Password (RFC 4226) derives codes from a shared secret and an incrementing counter. TOTP is HOTP with the counter replaced by time; HOTP itself is used where a counter is easier to synchronize than a clock.

Also known as: hotp

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