On Monday, 05-08-2024 at 06:16 Mick Ab wrote: > I realise that Authy is still available on smartphones and tablets, but I > do not want to use a smartphone or a tablet. > > I simply need to run a simple 2FA TOTP authenticator on my Debian desktop > PC. >
Having had to use Authenticators myself, I understand. I wonder for which company runs the default authenticator from the system you are using, is it Microsoft or Google? You do not need to answer this (for security reasons), but I am curious, as I wanted to know which Authenticators might work for you and which would not. I had thought that if it was, say, Microsoft, then only Microsoft Authenticators would work, as I expected these devices to be very proprietary since they are supposed to be for supporting security. But that does not seem to be the case, there are many alternatives for Office 365. Even Google Authenticator can be used for Microsoft 365. However I fond that Microsoft 365 has many alternatives to Microsoft Authenticator. https://www.capterra.com/p/219694/Microsoft-Authenticator/alternatives/ https://ctinc.com/google-authenticator/ What I do not know at this time, is there 2FA industry wide standard? Or is it that everyone has their own standard and way to provide 2FA codes? I noticed that biometric 2FA is now being implement. https://softwaredevelopers.ato.gov.au/RequirementsforDSPs https://authy.com/what-is-2fa/ https://www.imperva.com/learn/application-security/2fa-two-factor-authentication/ George.
