Choosing a Two-Factor Authentication System
The text discusses the implementation of two-factor authentication at CloudFlare, a company that provides internet security services. It highlights the challenges faced in choosing an appropriate method for two-factor authentication and eventually settling on Authy's Time-based One-time Password Algorithm (TOTP) due to its superior features compared to Google Authenticator. The author emphasizes the importance of account security, especially after his own hacking experience, and how two-factor authentication is not a complete solution but an essential part of it.
Company
Cloudflare
Date published
Nov. 28, 2012
Author(s)
Matthew Prince
Word count
1126
Hacker News points
None found.
Language
English