[Info-vax] Two-Factor Authentication

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 10/23/2019 11:45 AM, Bob Koehler wrote:
> 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.

In this case factors are one of:
* something you know
* something you have
* something you are

So 2 passwords are 2 instances of 1 factor.

Arne