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- | ======Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)====== | + | # Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) |
- | ==last updated on: Aug. 20, 2020== | + | #### last updated on: Feb 14, 2023 |
- | The Enterprise File Fabric | + | Access Anywhere Server |
- | 2FA is a security process in which the user provides two different authentication factors to verify themselves to better protect | + | 2FA is an additional |
- | If 2FA is turned then users first login with their password before | + | Note that 2FA is set at an account level so can be used to protect storage resources that do not support 2FA by default. |
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+ | 2FA can be configured for individual | ||
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+ | ### External Users | ||
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+ | Setting 2FA for an organization doesn' | ||
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+ | ===== Organization Level Setup ===== | ||
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+ | Two Factor Authentication can be turned on for all of a organization' | ||
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+ | The protocol adapters [[clouddav|]] and [[cloudftp|]] do not support 2FA. You can optionally disable them from this page for further security. (For this option to be visible the Feature "2FA for API" must be enabled for the User Package.) | ||
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+ | Three types of 2FA are supported. | ||
- | Two Factor Authentication can be turned on for all of a File Fabric organization' | ||
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- | The File Fabric supports three types of 2FA: | ||
- | - Email - On each login attempt the user will be have to enter a one-time password that was emailed automatically to the email address associated with her File Fabric account when she submitted her user name and password during the login process. | ||
- | - Phrase- On each login attempt the user will be challenged to enter a phrase that she has previously associated with her account for this purpose (more on this later). | ||
- | - Authenticator App (TOTP) | ||
- | Select the type you want to use from the pulldown menu: | ||
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- | Once turned on users will have to login as normal | + | ====Email==== |
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+ | ===How it Works=== | ||
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+ | On each login attempt the user will have to enter a timed one-time password. | ||
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+ | The password will be emailed automatically to the email address associated with her Access Anywhere account. Each login requires a new one-time password. | ||
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+ | ===Set-Up=== | ||
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+ | The only set-up required is selecting this choice | ||
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+ | ====Phrase==== | ||
+ | ===How it Works=== | ||
+ | When each user logs in for the first time after phrase based 2FA has been enabled, they will have establish a phrase to be entered on subsequent logins: | ||
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+ | On each subsequent login attempt the user will be challenged to enter the phrase: | ||
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+ | If an org. member forgets his phrase | ||
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+ | ===Set-Up=== | ||
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+ | As the org. admin you can both turn on phrase based 2FA for the org. and set up the phrase for your account. | ||
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+ | ====Authenticator App (TOTP)==== | ||
+ | ===How it Works=== | ||
+ | On each login attempt the user will be have to enter a timed one-time password (TOTP) that has been generated by an app such as Google Authenticator on her phone. | ||
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+ | ===Set-Up=== | ||
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+ | If the org. admin selects " | ||
+ | account will appear on the Security | ||
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+ | The QR code and the secret string are functionally equivalent. | ||
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+ | On each user's first login after TOTP 2FA has been turned on, each user will have to download or save their own individual QR code or secret. | ||
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+ | Android / iOS Apps that support TOTP include Google Authenticator, | ||
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+ | =====Individual User Setup===== | ||
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+ | If 2FA has not been activated for the organization then each user has the option of setting up 2FA for his/her own account. | ||
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+ | The choices, setup and use are the same as those described in the previous section. |