Does MFA with TOTP just use SSH?
Applies to
- ONTAP 9.13.1
- SSH
- Time-Based One-Time Password (TOTP)
Answer
- Beginning in ONTAP 9.13.1, user accounts can be configured with multifactor authentication (MFA) using a TOTP for the application: SSH ONTAP CLI
- TOTP is a temporary passcode generated by an algorithm that uses the current time of day as one of its authentication factors.
- TOTP can only be used as secondary authentication method for local users.