privacyIDEA

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privacyIDEA

Overview of authentication devices (tokens)
Basic data

Maintainer privacyIDEA project / NetKnights GmbH
Publishing year 2014
Current  version 3.3
( April 6, 2020 )
operating system Linux
programming language python
category Two-factor authentication server
License AGPL
www.privacyIDEA.org

privacyIDEA is a multi-tenant and multi-instance capable system for two-factor authentication . It's open source , written in Python, and available on GitHub .

operation area

privacyIDEA acts as a backend for any application (such as web applications such as ownCloud, SSH , VPN ) and can therefore use classic, proprietary two-factor authentication systems such as bpsw. Replace RSA SecurID . It supports single sign-on using SAML . With the help of a credential provider, it is also possible to log on to Windows desktops and Windows servers with two factors.

Installation variants

privacyIDEA runs as an application in a web server on Linux systems. In principle, it can be installed quickly and easily. In addition to distributions such as Debian, Ubuntu or RedHat, it is also available as an app on the Univention Corporate Server . This enables two-factor authentication and single sign-on on the Univention Corporate Server in a simple manner.

Authentication devices

privacyIDEA supports a variety of authentication devices. Including hardware tokens such as Feitian C200, the YubiKey from Yubico, Nitrokey or U2F devices. In addition, smartphone apps according to HOTP and TOTP such as the Google Authenticator .

Award

privacyIDEA took second place at the Thomas Krenn Award in March 2016. In December 2016 it was awarded first place in the Open Source Business Award.

user

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is one of the well-known users of privacyIDEA.

Release early and release often

privacyIDEA follows the open source mantra release early and release often .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.privacyidea.org .
  2. ↑ https://github.com/privacyidea/privacyidea
  3. ↑ ownCloud 9.1 offers better security functions . iX. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  4. ↑ SSO and 2FA in interaction . LANLine. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
  5. ↑ privacyIDEA Credential Provider . NetKnights. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  6. ↑ Howto install privacyIDEA authentication system . TechReplublic. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  7. ↑ Univention increases AppCenter for UCS . Cloud computing insider. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  8. ↑ UCS 4.1 with Docker containers . iX 01/2016, p. 34. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
  9. ↑ Supported Tokens . privacyIDEA. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  10. ↑ Thomas Krenn Awards given . Linux magazine. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
  11. ↑ OSBAR 2016 . Open Source Business Alliance. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  12. ↑ W3C relies on two-factor authentication with privacyIDEA . Security Insider. Retrieved December 2, 2017.