Two-Factor authentication os an extra layer of security for your Webtemple account, we designed in order to ensure that you are the only person who can access your account, even if someone knows your password.
How it works
The default way you would sign in to a website requires you to know two things in order to prove your identity: your username and password. This is referred to as an identifying factor. You need to know something that only you would know, in order to prove your identity. Since usernames are easy to determine/guess, the only “secret” element would be your password. While this can be secure, if passwords are complex and changed frequently, this is not usually the case.
This is why two-factor authentication was introduced. With two factor authentication, you need to know something only you would know, and have something only you would have. And what is that something? That’s right – your phone. Upon entering your password, your phone will generate an additional passcode, which it will send to the server. The passcode is generated using a unique key, known only by your phone and our server. The passcode expires every 30 seconds and a new one is generated.
How to set it up for your Webtemple account
Here is how you can set up two-factor authentication on your Webtemple account.
Step 1: Get the Google Authenticator App
Step 2: Turn on Two Factor Authentication on your profile.
Click “Users > Your Profile“
Find the “Google Authenticator” section on your profile and turn it on, then scan the code with the google authenticator app.
Step 3: Scan The Code.
You only need to do this once, and it will be applied to your profile on all of your websites.
