Fwd: Two-factor Authentication

Posted by Owen Densmore on Sep 04, 2013; 12:57am
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Fwd-Two-factor-Authentication-tp7583757.html

Another 2-factor authentication:

   

https://github.com/blog/1614-two-factor-authentication

Interestingly, they can use the android/ios authenticator app for the second pin, rather than, or in addition to, a SMS.

This apparently is possible due to a time based protocol: The protocol for this system is called Time-based One-Time Password, or TOTP.

Thus we are edging towards having a single 2-factor authenticator app, rather than one per site.

But .. isn't this yet another single point of failure?

   -- Owen

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