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privacyIDEA is a two factor authentication system which is multi-tenency- and multi-instance-capable. It is open source, written in Python and hosted at GitHub. privacyIDEA is a LinOTP's fork from 2014.

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Fields of use

privacyIDEA provides an authentication backend for various kinds of applications (including SSH, VPN, as well as web applications such as ownCloud3). Thus it is meant to replace classical proprietary two factor authentication systems such as RSA SecurID or Vasco. It supports single sign-on via SAML.4 It is also possible to login with a second factor to Windows desktops using a privacyIDEA Credential Provider.5

Installation

privacyIDEA runs on-premises as a web application on a Linux system. It can be set up quickly and easily.6 It can run on Debian, Ubuntu and RedHat.

Authentication devices

privacyIDEA supports a wide variety of authentication devices.7 Amongst those are hardware tokens like Feitian C200, the Yubikey by Yubico or other U2F/WebAuthn devices. Many smartphone apps compliant with HOTP and TOTP are also supported.

References

  1. "privacyidea/privacyidea: multi factor authentication system (2FA, OTP)". GitHub. Retrieved 2016-11-23. https://github.com/privacyidea/privacyidea ↩

  2. "Migrate Linotp to privacyIDEA". 14 September 2016. Retrieved 2021-08-23. https://netknights.it/en/migrate-linotp-to-privacyidea/ ↩

  3. "ownCloud 9.1 comes with integrated Two-Factor-Authentication". ownCloud. Retrieved 2016-07-22. https://owncloud.com/owncloud-9-1-comes-integrated-two-factor-authentication/ ↩

  4. "privacyIDEA SimpleSAML Plug-In". GitHub. Retrieved 2021-10-31. https://github.com/privacyidea/simplesamlphp-module-privacyidea ↩

  5. "privacyIDEA Credential Provider". NetKnights. Retrieved 2016-04-12. https://netknights.it/en/produkte/privacyidea-credential-provider/ ↩

  6. "Howto install privacyIDEA authentication system". TechReplublic. Retrieved 2016-07-22. https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-install-the-privacyidea-authentication-system-on-ubuntu/ ↩

  7. "Supported Tokens". privacyIDEA. Retrieved 2016-07-22. https://privacyidea.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration/token_config.html#tokens ↩