General description #
Two-factor authentication (2FA) is a security system that requires two distinct forms of identification to access something. The first factor is a password, and the second commonly includes a text with a code sent to your smartphone/email.
The two-factor authentication is used to strengthen the security of your account in Qbil-Trade.
The two-factor authentication works like this in Qbil-Trade:
- The Admin enables two-factor authentication for you (the user).
- On logging in, you will be provided with a QR code that you need to scan with “Google authenticator” or a similar app.
- You can log out after scanning the code (one time process).
- A time-based OTP will be generated in google authenticator. When you log in again, you need to provide this OTP after entering the password to log in successfully.
This won’t be an overhead for you as there is an option (checkbox) to ‘remember this device’. If you check this checkbox, you do not need to provide the OTP for the next 12 hours and can log in simply by entering the password.
By using this option, you don’t need to change the password periodically and will strengthen the overall security.