TOTP
Sep 18, 2026
How TOTP Works Under the Hood: HMAC and Time Steps Explained
A detailed technical breakdown of RFC 6238, HMAC-SHA1 algorithms, secret keys, and 30-second time windows.
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A detailed technical breakdown of RFC 6238, HMAC-SHA1 algorithms, secret keys, and 30-second time windows.
Explore why TOTP secret keys use Base32 encoding (A-Z, 2-7) and how time drift is handled by authenticators.