Fortytwo

<h4>What is Two-factor Authentication?</h4>
Authentication – the process of verifying your identity – boils down to one of three simple elements:
<ul>
<li>Something the user knows (PIN, password)</li>
<li>Something the user owns (mobile phone, device)</li>
<li>Something the user is (biometric, retina, fingerprint)</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://www.fortytwo.com/solutions/two-factor-authentication/" rel="nofollow ugc">Two-factor Authentication</a> (2FA) is a combination of any two of these unique identifiers.
<h4>How does our 2FA plugin work?</h4>
With <a href="https://www.fortytwo.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Fortytwo</a>’s 2FA WordPress plugin, the user only requires the username and password to login to their site (as per any standard login sequence) and a mobile phone to receive the one-time authentication code via SMS.
Our plugin is fully customisable and can be adapted to meet your specific needs, for example, you can assign 2FA to certain users depending on their specific administrative roles in WordPress and disable 2FA for users when they are using a known or ‘trusted’ device for a specific period of time. Fortytwo’s WordPress 2FA plugin offers the unique advantage of providing a highly customisable authentication process for users and provides an additional level of security when and as required.
<h4>What features does it include?</h4>
Fortytwo’s WordPress plugin comes with a myriad of features including the option to:
<ul>
<li>activate or disable 2FA for registration and/or login allowing the user to login using a username, password and 2FA or just a username and password</li>
<li>activate 2FA for login according to the user’s role in WordPress, for example, you can disable 2FA for certain users such as subscribers while maintaining 2FA for users with critical roles</li>
<li>Activate 2FA as optional or mandatory option for users, so you can give to your user the option to activate 2FA or force the option by default.</li>
<li>assign ‘trusted’ devices to specific users allowing the user – after their initial 2FA login – to validate their devices as ‘trusted’ for a specific time period, assigned by them in the settings. This option ensures that users aren’t required to enter an authentication code repeatedly with an assigned trusted device, after the initial 2FA login</li>
<li>resend the authentication code after registration if the SMS was not received – this allows the user to request the authentication code after 60 seconds and/or change his phone number in the event that an incorrect phone number was submitted</li>
<li>resend the authentication code after login if the SMS was not received – this allows the user to request the authentication code again after 60 seconds – this re-send option can also be disabled in the settings</li>
<li>to customize the behavior of the 2FA as <a href="https://www.fortytwo.com/apis/two-factor-authentication/" rel="nofollow ugc">documented on the API</a> including changes to the authentication code length and type (numeric, alpha or alphanumeric), case sensitive validation, options to log a response via a callback URL and customise sender ID ‘s visible to the users</li>
</ul>
Fortytwo’s 2FA WordPress plugin supports 2FA for all Smart phones (iPhone, Android, BlackBerry), as well as basic phones.
<h4>Why use Fortytwo’s WordPress plugin?</h4>
<ul>
<li>Security Incorporating 2FA in to the user login process, creates a level of protection and security for your WordPress site that complex passwords can no longer guarantee</li>
<li>Customised functionality This is our first version of the plugin and we’re keenly interested in your feedback.</li>
</ul>
If there is additional functionality that you would you like to see, please let us know – we are happy to work on developing features to meet your specific requirements and endeavor to implement this in as short a time-frame as possible.
<h3>Configuration</h3>
Once the plugin is activated you have to configure the plugin before use:
<ol>
<li>In the admin panel go to Settings > Two Factor Authentication</li>
<li>Enter the token you have from the <a href="https://controlpanel.fortytwo.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">fortytwo control panel</a></li>
<li>Configure the other options accordingly to your needs</li>
<li>push the save button</li>
</ol>
Note: The Two factor authentication works only for the users who have the 2FA phone number on their profile.
<h3>Version 1.1.1</h3>
2016-12-22 
* [IMPROVEMENT] Support for WordPress 4.6.X. 
* [IMPROVEMENT] Don’t call login_header if the function was disabled.
<h3>Version 1.1.0</h3>
2016-10-04 
* [IMPROVEMENT] Support for WordPress 4.6.X. 
* [IMPROVEMENT] Update SDK dependencies. 
* [IMPROVEMENT] Phone field rendering updated. 
* [IMPROVEMENT] New API Paremeter : Message template to personalize the message sent with the 2FA Code. 
* [IMPROVEMENT] New Mandatory option allowing to have 2FA option as optional or mandatory on login and/or on register.
<h3>Version 1.0.8</h3>
2016-05-02 
* [DOCUMENTATION] Fix typo in the readme file.
<ul>
<li>[DOCUMENTATION] Fix typo in the readme file.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Version 1.0.7</h4>
2016-05-02 
* [BUG] Update publish script to properly track/add new files and directory and untrack/delete deleted files. 
* [BUG] Clean the SVN tree.
<ul>
<li>[BUG] Update publish script to properly track/add new files and directory and untrack/delete deleted files.</li>
<li>[BUG] Clean the SVN tree.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Version 1.0.6</h4>
2016-04-28 
* [BUG] Settings – Update “API Sensitive case” field ID. 
* [DOCUMENTATION] Change “why” items to list.
<ul>
<li>[BUG] Settings – Update “API Sensitive case” field ID.</li>
<li>[DOCUMENTATION] Change “why” items to list.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Version 1.0.5</h4>
2016-04-26 
* [IMPROVEMENT] Update contributor id
<ul>
<li>[IMPROVEMENT] Update contributor id</li>
</ul>
<h4>Version 1.0.4</h4>
2016-04-25 
* [IMPROVEMENT] Support for WordPress 4.5
<ul>
<li>[IMPROVEMENT] Support for WordPress 4.5</li>
</ul>
<h4>Version 1.0.3</h4>
2016-04-25 
* [DOCUMENTATION] Add some tags on the presentation of the plugin. 
* [DOCUMENTATION] Update the screenshots. 
* [DOCUMENTATION] Update readme.txt description.
<ul>
<li>[DOCUMENTATION] Add some tags on the presentation of the plugin.</li>
<li>[DOCUMENTATION] Update the screenshots.</li>
<li>[DOCUMENTATION] Update readme.txt description.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Version 1.0.2</h4>
2016-04-20 
* [DOCUMENTATION] Fix header description to feet in 150 characters
<ul>
<li>[DOCUMENTATION] Fix header description to feet in 150 characters</li>
</ul>
<h4>Version 1.0.1</h4>
2016-04-20 
* [DOCUMENTATION] Update the readme.txt
<ul>
<li>[DOCUMENTATION] Update the readme.txt</li>
</ul>
<h4>Version 1.0.0</h4>
2016-04-19 
* First stable version.
<ul>
<li>First stable version.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Version 1.0.0-RC11</h4>
2016-04-19 
* [BUG] Fix error message when invalid token used. 
* [BUG] Fix a typo. 
* [IMPROVEMENT] Update readme.txt
<ul>
<li>[BUG] Fix error message when invalid token used.</li>
<li>[BUG] Fix a typo.</li>
<li>[IMPROVEMENT] Update readme.txt</li>
</ul>
<h4>Version 1.0.0-RC10</h4>
2016-04-18 
* [BUG] Fix phone number validation on register. 
* [BUG] Fix various typos. 
* [BUG] Fix code validation on register/login 
* [BUG] Fix bug when we validate code after a fail on register. 
* [BUG] Fix inconsistency on naming of authentication code.
<ul>
<li>[BUG] Fix phone number validation on register.</li>
<li>[BUG] Fix various typos.</li>
<li>[BUG] Fix code validation on register/login</li>
<li>[BUG] Fix bug when we validate code after a fail on register.</li>
<li>[BUG] Fix inconsistency on naming of authentication code.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Version 1.0.0-RC9</h4>
2016-04-14 
* [BUG] Device was always setup as trusted. 
* [BUG] Fix missing phone helper on edit user. 
* [BUG] Fix nullable callbackurl. 
* [BUG] Fix validation code after one fail. 
* [BUG] Fix resend option on login.
<ul>
<li>[BUG] Device was always setup as trusted.</li>
<li>[BUG] Fix missing phone helper on edit user.</li>
<li>[BUG] Fix nullable callbackurl.</li>
<li>[BUG] Fix validation code after one fail.</li>
<li>[BUG] Fix resend option on login.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Version 1.0.0-RC8</h4>
2016-04-12 
* [BUG] Add missing jquery dependency on login 
* [BUG] Fix Trusted device Activate/Disabled option 
* [BUG] Fix naming convention for Authentication code 
* [IMPROVEMENT] Update in code documentation 
* [IMPROVEMENT] Adding field validation in the settings 
* [BUG] Fix missing dependency * Jquery 
* [BUG] Fix a typo on setting panel. 
* [BUG] Fix a bug with the cookie path.
<ul>
<li>[BUG] Add missing jquery dependency on login</li>
<li>[BUG] Fix Trusted device Activate/Disabled option</li>
<li>[BUG] Fix naming convention for Authentication code</li>
<li>[IMPROVEMENT] Update in code documentation</li>
<li>[IMPROVEMENT] Adding field validation in the settings</li>
<li>[BUG] Fix missing dependency – Jquery</li>
<li>[BUG] Fix a typo on setting panel.</li>
<li>[BUG] Fix a bug with the cookie path.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Version 1.0.0-RC7</h4>
2016-04-06 
* [BUG] Resend SMS no showing on login. 
* [BUG] Disable 2FA on register not working properly.
<ul>
<li>[BUG] Resend SMS no showing on login.</li>
<li>[BUG] Disable 2FA on register not working properly.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Version 1.0.0-RC6</h4>
2016-04-06 
* [IMPROVEMENTS] Updating versions numbers
<ul>
<li>[IMPROVEMENTS] Updating versions numbers</li>
</ul>
<h4>Version 1.0.0-RC5</h4>
2016-04-04 
* [IMPROVEMENTS] Small fixes
<ul>
<li>[IMPROVEMENTS] Small fixes</li>
</ul>
<h4>Version 1.0.0-RC4</h4>
2016-04-04 
* [IMPROVEMENTS] Fixing various bugs 
* [IMPROVEMENTS] Adding screenshots for the wordpress plugin website
<ul>
<li>[IMPROVEMENTS] Fixing various bugs</li>
<li>[IMPROVEMENTS] Adding screenshots for the wordpress plugin website</li>
</ul>
<h4>Version 1.0.0-RC3</h4>
2016-04-01 
* [IMPROVEMENTS] Adding assets : banner and icons.
<ul>
<li>[IMPROVEMENTS] Adding assets : banner and icons.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Version 1.0.0-RC2</h4>
2016-03-30 
* [IMPROVEMENTS] Update assets for WordPress publication 
* [IMPROVEMENTS] Add publish.sh file for publishing version on the SVN repo.
<ul>
<li>[IMPROVEMENTS] Update assets for WordPress publication</li>
<li>[IMPROVEMENTS] Add publish.sh file for publishing version on the SVN repo.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Version 1.0.0-RC1</h4>
2016-03-24 
* [IMPROVEMENTS] : Add Readme.txt for wordpress repo and the icon image. 
* [IMPROVEMENTS] : Updating documentation. 
* [FEATURES] : Initial features.
<ul>
<li>[IMPROVEMENTS] : Add Readme.txt for wordpress repo and the icon image.</li>
<li>[IMPROVEMENTS] : Updating documentation.</li>
<li>[FEATURES] : Initial features.</li>
</ul>

Fortytwo – Two-Factor Authentication

Fortytwo’s 2FA plugin controls access to your site by sending an authentication code via SMS to your mobile phone when you register or login.

Jonathan Buhacoff

<a href="https://loginshield.com" rel="nofollow ugc">LoginShield</a> is an authentication system that features one-tap login, digital signatures, strong multi-factor authentication, and phishing protection. This is a passwordless login solution. Login with one tap instead of a password!
LoginShield for WordPress replaces the login page with the following secure sequence:
<ol>
<li>Prompt for username</li>
<li>If user exists and has LoginShield enabled, use LoginShield; otherwise, prompt for password</li>
</ol>
The LoginShield app is available for Android and iOS. <a href="https://loginshield.com/software/" rel="nofollow ugc">Get the app</a>.
<h3>Benefits</h3>
<ul>
<li>Eliminate password and phishing attacks on user accounts</li>
<li>Quick and secure way to log in with one-tap, passwordless login</li>
<li>Don’t need to remember a password</li>
<li>Don’t need to rotate passwords for safety</li>
</ul>
<h3>Features</h3>
<h4>Self-service activation</h4>
After you install and set up the LoginShield plugin, users can easily activate LoginShield for themselves in their profile settings page.
<h4>One-tap login</h4>
You and your users can log in to your WordPress site with just one tap.
For more information, read about <a href="https://loginshield.com/article/one-tap-login/" rel="nofollow ugc">one-tap login</a>.
<h4>Digital signatures</h4>
Some of the most common ways that accounts are hacked are weak passwords and stolen passwords. This is why so many sites require users to come up with passwords that have special characters, and to change their passwords periodically (in case a current password was reused somewhere and cracked). But this is annoying to users and doesn’t guarantee they will actually pick a secure password.
LoginShield uses digital signatures for authentication instead of passwords. This makes LoginShield a passwordless authentication system.
Digital signatures are far stronger protection for an account than passwords, and they don’t require the user to come up with anything or remember anything. LoginShield automatically generates and uses a separate credential for each website, so you can use the same LoginShield app to login to multiple sites.
LoginShield uses strong, modern cryptographic algorithms and parameters to ensure your accounts get the best protection available.
<h4>Strong multi-factor authentication</h4>
The LoginShield app itself can be protected by a password (which never leaves the mobile device) or a fingerprint. This is far better protection than the standard two-factor authentication that many sites use.
For more information, read about <a href="https://loginshield.com/article/authentication-factors/" rel="nofollow ugc">authentication factors</a>.
<h4>Phishing protection</h4>
LoginShield is the ONLY authentication solution to offer phishing protection.
Many data breaches start with a phishing email, tricking the user to log in to the attacker’s website that is impersonating the real website. Any website that uses passwords to log in is vulnerable to this.
Websites that use standard two-factor authentication codes are also vulnerable — whether they send the code via SMS or use an OTP app to display it, the fact that you enter that code into the website after the password prompt means a phishing attacker will also get the code.
Websites that use an authenticator app with push notifications are ALSO vulnerable to this, because they don’t confirm that you’re at the correct website when you tap the “login” button in the app.
Only LoginShield is able to detect that the user is not at a trusted website and route the user to the correct website, completely circumventing a credential-theft phishing attack.
For more information, read about <a href="https://loginshield.com/article/phishing-protection/" rel="nofollow ugc">phishing protection</a>.
<h3>Pricing</h3>
For current pricing and free trial details, <a href="https://loginshield.com/pricing/wordpress/" rel="nofollow ugc">visit our website</a>.
<h3>Managing your LoginShield subscription</h3>
You can visit <a href="https://loginshield.com" rel="nofollow ugc">https://loginshield.com</a> to manage your LoginShield subscription.
<h3>Privacy</h3>
The plugin shares the following information with <a href="https://loginshield.com" rel="nofollow ugc">LoginShield</a>. For more information, see our <a href="https://loginshield.com/notice/privacy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a>.
<h4>Site Name, Site Icon, and Site URL</h4>
When you activate and set up the plugin, it sends the site name, icon, and URL to LoginShield. This information is later displayed in the LoginShield app during login. If you deactivate or uninstall the plugin, and want to delete this information, you can visit <a href="https://loginshield.com" rel="nofollow ugc">https://loginshield.com</a> to delete your LoginShield account where this information is stored.
<h4>User Name and Email</h4>
When a user activates LoginShield in their profile settings, their name and email address are sent to LoginShield to register the user.
This information is later used by LoginShield for service-related communication with the user, such as our phishing protection feature. We DO NOT sell or share this information with anyone else, except as required by law. If the user deactivates LoginShield, and wants to delete this information, the user can visit <a href="https://loginshield.com" rel="nofollow ugc">https://loginshield.com</a> to delete their LoginShield account.
<h4>Client ID</h4>
When you activate the plugin, the plugin registers itself with LoginShield and receives a unique client ID. This client ID is then associated with the site name, icon, and URL, and is used to identify the WordPress site to LoginShield in all further backend communication, and is required so that users will be able to continue to log in even when you change the site name.
<h4>Realm-Scoped User ID</h4>
When a user activates LoginShield in their profile settings, a unique user id is generated and sent to LoginShield to register the user. This user id is NOT the same as the user’s WordPress user id, and is required so that a LoginShield user will be able to continue to log in even when they change their email address. If the user deactivates LoginShield, and wants to delete this information, the user can visit <a href="https://loginshield.com" rel="nofollow ugc">https://loginshield.com</a> to delete their LoginShield account.

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