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Re: feature request

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James Nylen <jnylen@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 18, 2013, 19:54 UTC
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On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Jay Townsend <townsend891@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi everyone,
>
> Just would like to request a security feature to help secure peoples github
> accounts more by supporting 2 factor authentication like the yubikey more
> information can be found from this link www.yubico.com/develop/ and googles
> 2 factor authentication. Hope it gets implemented as I think it would make a
> great feature

This would most likely be something that users would set up with their SSH client, and GitHub would have to provide support for it on their servers as well. It shouldn't require any changes to git. Here is an example of how this could be done:

http://www.howtogeek.com/121650/how-to-secure-ssh-with-google-authenticators-two-factor-authentication/

I like the idea, and I would probably use it if it were available. Jeff, what do you think?

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  3. Jeff KingFeb 18, 2013
  4. Drew NorthupFeb 19, 2013
  5. Shawn PearceFeb 19, 2013

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