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- I am alanbarber on github.
- I am alanbarber (https://keybase.io/alanbarber) on keybase.
- I have a public key whose fingerprint is 1926 8DC8 7AB0 5D1C 7042 D0C1 8E1F FF6C A611 C201
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I hereby claim:
To claim this, I am signing this object:
Alan P. Barber is a Software Developer and Computer Scientist. Alan has been in professional software development for a decade and as a hobbyist programmer going on more than 25 years. He works as a consultant for Improving Enterprises finding solutions to difficult client problems. Alan is the President of The Central Ohio .Net Developers Group and has several active OSS projects that he manages. When not diving into cool new technology, Alan can be found spending time with his wife going out on the town for foodie adventures or rocking out at local concerts.
You can follow him on twitter @alanbarber or visit his website http://alanbarber.com/ where he occasionally blogs.
Passwords Don’t Work: Two Factor Authentication (2FA) to the Rescue!
The Internet is a dangerous place and user passwords aren’t safe. You have done everything right but it’s only a matter of time before your users’ secrets are exposed. How are you supposed to protect your site and your customers’ accounts? Two Factor Authentication adds a second easy to use but hard to break layer of security to your services.
In this session you will learn the basics of Two Factor Authentication, examine the pros and cons for common methods of implementation, see several demos of 2FA in action and discover best practices to deploy it in your own systems using 3rd party libraries and services.
Setting up Decred on Linux (Assuming using Ubuntu) | |
Step 0 – Username and Passwords | |
You will need usernames and passwords to secure your applications. | |
I suggest you just bang on your keyboard and select two sets of 16-20 | |
characters of random text. Pick one to be a user the other to be a pass. | |
It really doesn’t matter. You will be storing them in config files | |
so you don’t need to remember them. |