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piotrSikora on Aug 28, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Add two-factor authentication to your ssh in 30 se...

From https://github.com/authy/authy-ssh/blob/master/authy-ssh#L11...:

    Default action when api.authy.com cannot be contacted:
    
      1. Disable two factor authentication until api.authy.com is back
      2. Don't allow logins until api.authy.com is back

ikonst on Aug 28, 2012 [–]

What?! This is an online method? Why don't people just use Google Authenticator? It's totally offline, on both ends.

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