Not many pros or cons in this discussion. But I think it would be a good option to have available for users. As well as a good feature to advertise for. Especially in order to use OpenMeetings in a Gov/Education environment where compliance may require to have 2 factor auth for applications in order for using it.
So I assume I can create some tickets and get this on the way. Thanks Seb Sebastian Wagner Director Arrakeen Solutions, OM-Hosting.com http://arrakeen-solutions.co.nz/ https://om-hosting.com - Cloud & Server Hosting for HTML5 Video-Conferencing OpenMeetings <https://www.youracclaim.com/badges/da4e8828-743d-4968-af6f-49033f10d60a/public_url> <https://www.youracclaim.com/badges/b7e709c6-aa87-4b02-9faf-099038475e36/public_url> On Mon, 1 Aug 2022 at 09:31, seba.wag...@gmail.com <seba.wag...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would like to add a ticket to investigate and look into adding 2 factor > authentication to OpenMeetings. As an optional feature, default would be > turned off. > > There are various libraries to achieve 2 factor auth. I would > probably prefer using the Google Authenticator as a method since it seems > the most widely adopted authenticator. > > In terms of turning it on/off I would add 2 flags: > - On a per server basis a flag to generally turn 2 factor auth on or off > - On a per individual account basis so you can turn 2 factor auth on/off > for an individual user > > This would not affect past installations. > This would not affect logging in via Soap/Rest. > > I think this would be a good feature to improve security. > > Let me know what you think, and I will add a ticket and look into adding > this over the next few weeks. > > Thanks > Seb > > Sebastian Wagner > Director Arrakeen Solutions, OM-Hosting.com > http://arrakeen-solutions.co.nz/ > https://om-hosting.com - Cloud & Server Hosting for HTML5 > Video-Conferencing OpenMeetings > > <https://www.youracclaim.com/badges/da4e8828-743d-4968-af6f-49033f10d60a/public_url> > <https://www.youracclaim.com/badges/b7e709c6-aa87-4b02-9faf-099038475e36/public_url> >
