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I was looking at Authy the other day. What does it do exactly? I couldn't figure it out from the website and I churn through a lot of landing pages.
by codewright 14y ago
I was looking at Authy the other day.
What does it do exactly? I couldn't figure it out from the website and I churn through a lot of landing pages.
- gaborcselle 14y agoIt's a way to add two-factor authentication to your website or app. Instead of having people log in with just username and password, they'll also have to enter a code. They get the code from the Authy app on their phone. (PS I'm not affiliated with Authy, just trying to be helpful.)
- codewright 14y agoTwo-factor auth as a service for what is likely software as a service?
- msbarnett 14y agoBasically, yeah. Goes well with platform-as-a-service for software-as-a-service, full-text-indexing-as-a-service for software-as-a-service, payment-as-a-service for software-as-a-service, etc. Easier to snap these components together than roll your own.
- notJim 14y ago"Authy is a simple API to add two-factor authentication to your website or app" Two-factor auth is a thing where when you log in to something, you also get a text message, or open an app on your smartphone, and type that into the app you're trying to log into. The purpose of this is that even if someone figures out your password, they can't get access to your account, because they don't have the 2nd form of auth (hence two-factor.)
- codewright 14y agoI understand two-factor auth just fine, it just wasn't clear to me if it was a demand-side or supply-side service.