Articles tagged 2fa
Build a One-time Password Token for MFA with Okta
Note: In May 2025, the Okta Integrator Free Plan replaced Okta Developer Edition Accounts, and the Okta CLI was deprecated. We preserved this post for reference, but the instructions no longer work exactly as written. Replace the Okta CLI commands by manually configuring Okta following the instructions in our Developer Documentation. Okta has a great multi-factor authentication (MFA) service that you can use right away with a free developer account. It provides additional security by...
WebAuthn: A Developer's Guide to What's on the Horizon
There’s been a lot of news lately about the new W3C Web Authentication API, also known as WebAuthn. Want to know what it’s all about? Let’s take a closer look. The Web Authentication API allows browsers to make use of hardware authenticators such as the Yubikey or a mobile phone’s biometrics, like a thumbprint reader or facial recognition. WebAuthn can be used with these technologies to enable two-factor authentication to websites, or even as the...