Creates a QR code simulating Symantec's VIP Access that you can then use in your preferred authenticator

create-qr.sh

# First install python-vipacess
pip3 install python-vipaccess

# the run it using the defaults
vipaccess provision 

# then read the necessary info from the .vipaccess file
CREDENTIAL_ID=$(cat ~/.vipaccess | grep id | awk '{ print $2 }')
CREDENTIAL_SECRET=$(cat ~/.vipaccess | grep secret | awk '{ print $2 }')

# and then form the necessary URL
AUTH_URL="otpauth://totp/VIP%20Access:$CREDENTIAL_ID?secret=$CREDENTIAL_SECRET&issuer=Symantec&algorithm=SHA1&digits=6"

# if you dont have qrencode installed, use brew to install it:
brew install qrencode

# then create your QR code
qrencode -t UTF8 $AUTH_URL