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Multifactor Login Service

The InCommon Multifactor Authentication (MFA) Service (also called the InCommon Multifactor Login Service) is used to log into the InCommon Federation Manager or the InCommon Certificate Manager with two or more factors.

Features:

The MFA Service performs distributed multifactor authentication. A user first logs in at their home IdP with a username/password and then logs in again at the MFA Service with a mobile device. The home organization is responsible for managing the password token while InCommon Operations manages the mobile token.



The InCommon Multifactor Login Service has been in production since March 26, 2014. The first users to take advantage of the service were the InCommon RAs. Other users will begin transitioning to the Multifactor Login Service during Q2 2015. Eventually InCommon RAOs will use the Multifactor Login Service to log into the Certificate Manager with two or more factors.