aliases:
- MFA
- 2FA
- Two-factor authentication
- One-time password
- Multi-factor Authentication
tags:
- Type/Tech
- area/tech
- proto
from:
- "[[Tech]]"
- "[[Identity, Authentication, & Authorization|Identity (technology)]]"
- "[[Password]]"
- "[[Cryptography]]"
related:
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dateCreated: 2022-07-26, 10:43
dateModified: 2024-01-05, 18:49
version: 1
publish: true
Multi-factor Authentication is an electronic authentication method in which a user is granted access to a website or application only after successfully presenting two or more pieces of evidence to an authentication mechanism. MFA protects personal data—which may include personal identification or financial assets—from being accessed by an unauthorized third party that may have been able to discover, for example, a single password. | |
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wikipedia:: Multi-factor authentication | |
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A One-time password (OTP), also known as a one-time PIN, one-time authorization code (OTAC) or dynamic password, is a password that is valid for only one login session or transaction, on a computer system or other digital device. OTPs avoid several shortcomings that are associated with traditional (static) password-based authentication; a number of implementations also incorporate two-factor authentication by ensuring that the one-time password requires access to something a person has as well as something a person knows. |
wikipedia:: One-time password |
aka:: 2FA, MFA