Authenticating using Authy, Google Authenticator, etc.
Hi, I'm a newbie when it comes to these and haven't yet tried setting one up. My question is what's the easiest way to get a QR code into the authenticator app? All documentation talks about scanning it, something at which I'm not terribly skilled. I'd appreciate it if you'd share your experiences and offer up advice. Thanks --Glen Glen Gordon VFO | Vice President & Chief Technology Officer 11800 31st Court North, St. Petersburg, FL 33716 T 727-299-6230 mailto:ggordon@vfo-group.com http://www.vfo-group.com The contents of this message may be privileged and confidential. Therefore, if this message has been received in error, please delete it without reading it. Your receipt of this message is not intended to waive any applicable privilege. Please do not disseminate this message without the permission of the author.
When setting up google authenticater with lastpass, dropbox, microsoft, ETC, they had a code way of entering it into the app which worked. On 1 February 2018 at 15:20, Glen Gordon <GGordon@vfogroup.com> wrote:
Hi,
I'm a newbie when it comes to these and haven't yet tried setting one up. My question is what's the easiest way to get a QR code into the authenticator app? All documentation talks about scanning it, something at which I'm not terribly skilled. I'd appreciate it if you'd share your experiences and offer up advice.
Thanks
--Glen
Glen Gordon VFO | Vice President & Chief Technology Officer 11800 31st Court North, St. Petersburg, FL 33716 T 727-299-6230 mailto:ggordon@vfo-group.com http://www.vfo-group.com
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When setting up google authenticater with lastpass, dropbox, microsoft, ETC, they had a code way of entering it into the app which worked. On 1 February 2018 at 15:20, Glen Gordon <GGordon@vfogroup.com> wrote:
Hi,
I'm a newbie when it comes to these and haven't yet tried setting one up. My question is what's the easiest way to get a QR code into the authenticator app? All documentation talks about scanning it, something at which I'm not terribly skilled. I'd appreciate it if you'd share your experiences and offer up advice.
Thanks
--Glen
Glen Gordon VFO | Vice President & Chief Technology Officer 11800 31st Court North, St. Petersburg, FL 33716 T 727-299-6230 mailto:ggordon@vfo-group.com http://www.vfo-group.com
The contents of this message may be privileged and confidential. Therefore, if this message has been received in error, please delete it without reading it. Your receipt of this message is not intended to waive any applicable privilege. Please do not disseminate this message without the permission of the author.
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-- Kieran Little IT Apprentice Information Services Northumberland County Council County Hall Morpeth NE61 2EF Service desk: 01670 627004 Direct: 01670623699 Email: kieran.little@northumberland.gov.uk Website: www.northumberland.gov.uk -- <http://family.northumberland.gov.uk> *Save Time Do It Online!* We have made a few key improvements to our site to make our services easy to access. Now you can do everything from paying your council tax, to reporting a faulty street light online. Go to: www.northumberland.gov.uk and click 'pay, apply or report' to access the relevant forms. This email is intended solely for the individual or individuals to whom it is addressed, and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this email is prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please contact the sender and delete the email from any computer. All email communication may be subject to recording and/or monitoring in accordance with internal policy and relevant legislation. *Please, consider your environmental responsibility. Before printing this e-mail ask yourself: "Do I need a hard copy?"*
I've never tried that, but I normally use the manual option where they provide you with a URL that you have to type in. Sort of a pain considering most of them appear to us as nonsensical, but they work. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Glen Gordon Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2018 10:20 AM To: 'Blind sysadmins list' <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Authenticating using Authy, Google Authenticator, etc. Hi, I'm a newbie when it comes to these and haven't yet tried setting one up. My question is what's the easiest way to get a QR code into the authenticator app? All documentation talks about scanning it, something at which I'm not terribly skilled. I'd appreciate it if you'd share your experiences and offer up advice. Thanks --Glen Glen Gordon VFO | Vice President & Chief Technology Officer 11800 31st Court North, St. Petersburg, FL 33716 T 727-299-6230 mailto:ggordon@vfo-group.com http://www.vfo-group.com The contents of this message may be privileged and confidential. Therefore, if this message has been received in error, please delete it without reading it. Your receipt of this message is not intended to waive any applicable privilege. Please do not disseminate this message without the permission of the author. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
I've never tried that, but I normally use the manual option where they provide you with a URL that you have to type in. Sort of a pain considering most of them appear to us as nonsensical, but they work. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Glen Gordon Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2018 10:20 AM To: 'Blind sysadmins list' <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Authenticating using Authy, Google Authenticator, etc. Hi, I'm a newbie when it comes to these and haven't yet tried setting one up. My question is what's the easiest way to get a QR code into the authenticator app? All documentation talks about scanning it, something at which I'm not terribly skilled. I'd appreciate it if you'd share your experiences and offer up advice. Thanks --Glen Glen Gordon VFO | Vice President & Chief Technology Officer 11800 31st Court North, St. Petersburg, FL 33716 T 727-299-6230 mailto:ggordon@vfo-group.com http://www.vfo-group.com The contents of this message may be privileged and confidential. Therefore, if this message has been received in error, please delete it without reading it. Your receipt of this message is not intended to waive any applicable privilege. Please do not disseminate this message without the permission of the author. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
I also enter the encryption key manually, which can be slow on a touch screen. Another option that I've found to be useful is to write a script that runs oathtool (with the correct key) to generate the one-time passwords. Just switch to a terminal, run the script, and copy the six-digit code into the text field of the Web application that requires dual-factor authentication. You can run the script on a remote host over ssh if you think there's better security to be had that way.
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