Am 27. Jul, 2016 schwätzte Eric Cope so: moin moin Eric,
Given the SMS 2FA vs. standard password, it seems foolish to NOT use the SMS 2FA. There's no such thing as absolute security. SMS 2FA is more secure than the current alternatives.
Because they should be using a non-SMS system if 2FA is required. Non-SMS is actually easier and more reliable. It does, however, require more capability on the client side since the user will need to install an application. SMS adds my phone as an attack point. I would rather not have that. I also don't want companies to have my phone number. They don't need to call me. I can use sufficiently long and complex passwords ( if the site allows me to ). I do not need or want phone calls from most companies I do business with. Here's a 4 year old article on setting up apache to use Google Authenticator, so there seems to be at least one option :). http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/australian-technology/pairing-apache-and-google-authenticator/ ciao, der.hans
What am I missing? On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 12:13 AM, der.hans <[email protected]> wrote:moin moin, I've been recommending for years that web sites should not be given your phone number for 2 factor authentication. First of all, they don't need your phone number :). Secondly, it's not secure. Now the NIST agrees. https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/25/nist-declares-the-age-of-sms-based-2-factor-authentication-over/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=sfgplus&sr_share=googleplus&%3Fncid=sfgplus See also the following. https://danielpocock.com/how-many-mobile-phone-accounts-will-be-hijacked-this-summer If you're setting up a service to use 2FA, please do not include SMS as one of the options. ciao, der.hans -- # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.PhxLinux.org/ # So much shiny, so little time. -- der.hans --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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