The @UniOslo@twitter.com now imposing a two-factor authentication without asking for any feedback from the scientific community. We now need to have our phone to validate the login with ssh for instance! Every freaking time... It is very annoying IMO. Also imposed on email, calendars, etc.
Any other universities you know imposing this?
@AMathelier We have 2FA on our SSH, but periodic not every time which would make it near unusable. I often have multiple ssh/scp/rsync sessions at once, plus a GUI file browser when possible.
@pjacock @AMathelier we have 2FA for every single SSH login as well. Does make everything much more painful! I’ve gotten used to doing everything in a screen session so I don’t have to log in again.
@rbeagrie @pjacock @AMathelier One of my PDs suggested using an "ssh master" connection, which at least means you only have to do the 2FA once, and every subsequent rsync/sftp/scp connection goes through the master. See e.g. https://oooops.dev/2021/01/31/ssh-multiplexing-and-master-mode/
@bensb @pjacock @AMathelier ooh this is a great tip. Especially if there’s a way to convince FileZilla (or equivalent) to use the already established master connection…
