How To Add Google's Two Factor Authentication To A Laravel 8 Application.
In this guide, you will learn how to use Google Authenticator to implement Time based One-Time Password (TOTP) specified in RFC 6238. which uses HMAC-Based One-Time Password Algorithm (HOTP) specified in RFC 4226 in building an authentication system.
We will be using this package to implement the Google Two-Factor Authentication on our Laravel Application....Read More
What is Two Factor Authentication (2FA)?
Two-factor authentication (2FA) strengthens access security by requiring two methods to verify users identities.
The traditional password is already one factor of authentication which is something only the user should have. Some extra form of security that a user should also have includes biometrics(fingerprint), voice pattern recognition, or iris scan which are quite expensive but awesome.
The second factor should be something that users don't readily have or aren't constant. One form of the second factor is One-Time Passwords(OTPs) which will be our focus here.....Read More