[TriLUG] Two factor

William Sutton via TriLUG trilug at trilug.org
Thu Feb 23 17:19:39 EST 2017


Two factor is, as you said, something you know plus something you have. 
being able to login once and then be authenticated for all services within 
a domain is called single signon.

William Sutton

On Thu, 23 Feb 2017, Matt Flyer via TriLUG wrote:

> I noticed that UNC CH has been pushing what they call two factor, but I've never really gotten how it works in practice. To me, two factor means you HAVE something like a USB key in addition to KNOW something like your Onyen and Password. I've never liked how Ruth just a UID and password you can sign on to just about any hosts as long as your authenticated in that domain / ou.
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>> On Feb 23, 2017, at 5:00 PM, Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
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>>     So it seems UNC CH chose duo for their two factor
>> authentication, to the point they are pushing people to think the term
>> for 2 factor auth == duo. I did notice that is does like Chrome a lot,
>> ignoring the u2f extensions available for Firefox.
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>> What about you? What is your favourite/chosen multi auth means?
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