[Info-vax] Two-Factor Authentication

Bob Koehler koehler at eisner.nospam.decuserve.org
Wed Oct 23 11:45:20 EDT 2019


In article <qoo2gq$3jt$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?= <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
> On 10/22/2019 4:57 PM, Bob Koehler wrote:
>> In article <00B46C69.B48D8CF0 at SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
>>> Is anyone here using a two-factor authentication scheme with OpenVMS?
>> 
>>     And, of course, this probably won't be good enough for the security
>>     gods, but I'm sure you recall VMS does support two passwords on an
>>     account.  Only used that once.
> 
> Probably not since it is not 2FA.

   Yes.  Two passwords are two factors in plain English, but I'm fairly sure
   that 2FA is actually defined more specifically.




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