Show HN: The easiest 2-factor auth

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Post by markkum » Fri, Jan 17, 2014, 3:31 PM UTC

Show HN: The easiest 2-factor auth
developer.mepin.com

Re: Show HN: The easiest 2-factor auth

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Post by AndrewDucker » Fri, Jan 17, 2014, 3:54 PM UTC

How is it easier than TOTP, which is an IETF standard, and implemented by Google Authenticator (amongst others)?

Re: Show HN: The easiest 2-factor auth

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Post by markkum » Fri, Jan 17, 2014, 3:59 PM UTC

AndrewDucker wrote: post #2

How is it easier than TOTP, which is an IETF standard, and implemented by Google Authenticator (amongst others)?

It's easier because you only need to tap the app to verify. No need for OTP codes, though OTP is a fallback if your device is offline.

Re: Show HN: The easiest 2-factor auth

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Post by huhtenberg » Fri, Jan 17, 2014, 4:17 PM UTC

So what happens to my users if your service ever goes down or disappears?

Re: Show HN: The easiest 2-factor auth

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jan 17, 2014, 4:23 PM UTC

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Re: Show HN: The easiest 2-factor auth

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Post by tokenizerrr » Fri, Jan 17, 2014, 4:24 PM UTC

huhtenberg wrote: post #4

So what happens to my users if your service ever goes down or disappears?

Apparently they offer an in-house solution.

> MePIN comes as a distributed hosted service containing simple-to-use REST API and handy client side scripts. Hosted or in-house white label solution is also possible, contact sales@meontrust.com.

Re: Show HN: The easiest 2-factor auth

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Post by markkum » Fri, Jan 17, 2014, 4:29 PM UTC

huhtenberg wrote: post #4

So what happens to my users if your service ever goes down or disappears?

The service is distributed and hosted at 3 continents with 3 different hosting providers, so we take this seriously.

Other than that; You own your users and user database. No user data is stored at MePIN servers.

Re: Show HN: The easiest 2-factor auth

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Post by mmastrac » Fri, Jan 17, 2014, 4:30 PM UTC

Hate to be one of these guys, but the site is totally unreadable on Android Chrome. The left bar covers everything and won't move. Maybe offer a close or collapse button for it?

Re: Show HN: The easiest 2-factor auth

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Post by streetnigga » Fri, Jan 17, 2014, 4:31 PM UTC

tokenizerrr wrote: post #6

huhtenberg wrote: post #4

So what happens to my users if your service ever goes down or disappears?

Apparently they offer an in-house solution. > MePIN comes as a distributed hosted service containing simple-to-use REST API and handy client side scripts. Hosted or in-house white label solution is also possible, contact sales@meontrust.com.

Cool! I wondered the same question you are responding to after getting a 2-factor mobile app for an online service I use.

"What happens if/when these fellas implode?"

The answer in the site's case would be to fall back to SMS. Something like this that could be integrated into the site itself would be better, working in tandem with a more typical fall-back of course.

Re: Show HN: The easiest 2-factor auth

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Post by markkum » Fri, Jan 17, 2014, 4:33 PM UTC

mmastrac wrote: post #8

Hate to be one of these guys, but the site is totally unreadable on Android Chrome. The left bar covers everything and won't move. Maybe offer a close or collapse button for it?

Working on it.