{"id":47072,"date":"2021-01-22T03:01:21","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T17:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/?p=47072"},"modified":"2021-01-21T17:12:29","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T07:12:29","slug":"two-factor-authentication-primer-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/two-factor-authentication-primer-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Factor Authentication Primer Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two Factor Authentication Primer Tutorial<\/p><\/div>\n

Two Factor Authentication<\/a> has been the response of many software developers towards measures to shore up security on their products, regarding “Identity Theft”. This method of confirming a real human’s identity …<\/p>\n

\nMulti-factor authentication (MFA) is an authentication method in which a computer user is granted access only after successfully presenting two or more pieces of evidence (or factors) to an authentication mechanism: knowledge (something the user and only the user knows), possession (something the user and only the user has), and inherence (something the user and only the user is).[1]
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\nTwo-factor authentication (also known as 2FA) is a type, or subset, of multi-factor authentication. It is a method of confirming users’ claimed identities by using a combination of two different factors: 1) something they know, 2) something they have, or 3) something they are.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

… is, of course, a major step forward for software to know it is reaching the real audience it was intended for. We have seen it most with “2) Something they have” above, in practice. A software component will get you to login to their software, as well as get you to verify a third identifier (on top of username and password) on an associated (usually) mobile device you create the association with on signing up with that software.<\/p>\n

Two mobile device apps we’ve used in this two factor authentication<\/a> line of work are …<\/p>\n