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#15104 Two Factor Authenticaton Failure

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Latest post by nicholas on Thursday, 21 February 2013 08:43 CST

Thursday, 21 February 2013 07:40 CST

user72979

Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Have I searched the tickets before posting? Yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Joomla! version: (unknown) 2.5.9
PHP version: (unknown)  5.3.21
MySQL version: (unknown) 5.5.27-cll
Host: (optional, but it helps us help you) www.logiko.in
Admin Tools version: (unknown) : latest. downloaded today itself

Description of my issue: Two factor authentication is enabled but I am able to login using valid username and password minus security code.

I thought security code should be mandotory and should not allow login even if I provide valid username and password.

Hope you can help. My site got hacked recently and I dont want repeat of it.

 

Regards,

 

Asim

Thursday, 21 February 2013 08:43 CST

nicholas

Hello Asim,

If your IP address is in the administrator IP whitelist or any of the "allowed IP" fields in the Configure WAF page you get a "free pass". This means that no security checks (including two factor authentication) is taken into account. Try logging in from a different computer, connected to the Internet with a different IP address and you'll see what I mean.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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