HI folks, 2FA is usually (always?) used for authentication requests. Since mosh leverages ssh, it automatically inherits ssh's 2FA configuration, if one exists. I don't think it makes sense for mosh to add its own 2FA at some sort of regular interval, as that would be easily bypassed by a user patching this feature out and running a custom mosh. (mosh doesn't have a privileged server-side component, it's just a normal user process).
If re-authentication is a concern, then you should limit the time of a session being open server-side. An ssh session could hypothetically last days/weeks too. Sincerely, -Alex On Mon, Feb 5, 2024 at 8:44 AM Dave Taht <dave.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > mosh leverages ssh to initiate the connection, which can be 2FA. > > However the advantage to mosh is its persistence, so adding 2FA to it > periodically would make sense. > > On Mon, Feb 5, 2024 at 8:15 AM Rafael Ribeiro dos Santos > <rafael.san...@uib.no> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > My name is Rafael and I currently work for University of Bergen in > Norway, supporting users of our HPC systems. > > > > An user recently created a ticket asking to have Mosh available as his > connection is not very reliable and I escalated to our internal team, which > asked me if Mosh would work with the 2FA we are implementing on the servers. > > > > Since it is not fully implemented yet, I couldn't test it but just look > for more information online on the GitHub repos and discussions. However, I > just found very old messages from 2017. > > > > My question is: does Mosh support 2FA? Are there any issues or details > we should observe when installing Mosh and using with the 2FA? > > > > Thank you! > > > > Best Regards, > > Rafael > > _______________________________________________ > > mosh-devel mailing list > > mosh-devel@mit.edu > > https://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/mosh-devel > > > > -- > 40 years of net history, a couple songs: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9RGX6QFm5E > Dave Täht CSO, LibreQos > > _______________________________________________ > mosh-devel mailing list > mosh-devel@mit.edu > https://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/mosh-devel >
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