This month GitHub has announced the introduction of new secondary security authentication in the form of support for the FIDO Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) authentication standard.
Providing a higher level of security for its users with built-in protection against phishing and man-in-the-middle attacks. Watch the video below to learn more about the GitHub U2F implementation and what it means to users.
GitHub explains more :
To help users better secure their accounts, GitHub is expanding its authentication system to support FIDO Universal 2nd Factor (U2F)—a rapidly growing open authentication standard.
GitHub encourages developers to build U2F support into their own applications as well, enabling authentication with simple user experience and strong security using public key cryptography.U2F is built to protect against phishing and man-in-the-middle attacks, allowing one U2F authenticator to access any number of services without any shared secrets. Since U2F has native support in platforms and browsers, there’s no need for drivers or client software. Visit github.com or yubico.com to find out more about U2F and how to use it with your GitHub account and other applications you are building.
For more information on the introduction of the new FIDO Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) throughout the GitHub service jump over to the official GitHub blog via the link below.
Source: GitHub
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