Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect
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For 2FA, I use Authy.
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@StuartJordan said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@scottalanmiller I believe it's the Google Authenticator.
Yep, Google Authenticator. I think it actually took about 90 seconds to setup. I did it on a test account first to make sure it would work.
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@StuartJordan said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@scottalanmiller I believe it's the Google Authenticator.
Nice. I've been using Authy for that. (Made by Twilio). I don't have mine available outside my house yet. Will set up 2FA when I do.
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FYI. On latest version of MeshCentral, if you enable 2 factor authentication you also get the option to generate and use one-time tokens now. Good backup in case you drop your phone.
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@Ylian that's good, very useful.
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Up to 0.2.7-l
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Wow, lept to 0.2.7-n
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Published v0.2.7-o with support for Yubikey's, USB authentication keys. Probably more fixes to do, but it seems to work.
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@Ylian How is auto-update supposed to work? I have to update manually.
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@Ylian said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
Published v0.2.7-o with support for Yubikey's, USB authentication keys. Probably more fixes to do, but it seems to work.
Speaking of Yubi-key - have you heard of SQRL? https://www.grc.com/sqrl/sqrl.htm
They have an API now that's supposed to make it a lot easier to implement into webservers.It's not 100% officially released to the world yet, but it's damned close, and a few sites are already using it.
I hope you'll give it a shot. (and same goes for ML).
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@Dashrender said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
I hope you'll give it a shot. (and same goes for ML).
Have they made a module for NodeBB yet? If not, they need to so that we can consider it.
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@Dashrender said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
Speaking of Yubi-key - have you heard of SQRL? https://www.grc.com/sqrl/sqrl.htm
They have an API now that's supposed to make it a lot easier to implement into webservers.I still struggle to trust any website that looks like SW's Curtis made it.
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@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@Dashrender said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
Speaking of Yubi-key - have you heard of SQRL? https://www.grc.com/sqrl/sqrl.htm
They have an API now that's supposed to make it a lot easier to implement into webservers.I still struggle to trust any website that looks like SW's Curtis made it.
:face_with_tears_of_joy:
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@FATeknollogee (Auto-update broken) There was a few versions a month back where auto-update was broken. Otherwise, MeshCentral has to be running in a way that allows it to write it's own files. This said, it auto-update should generally work - If it does not consistently and it should, file a issue on GitHub.
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Just published MeshCentral v0.2.7-p with improved support for hardware keys. Now supports U2F (need browser support) and OTP (USB key acts as a keyboard). Much better than yesterday's version. New blog here.
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I upgraded my install, now I cant login. I can create new accounts OK, but not sure, was I supposed to disabled 2 factor auth (google) before upgrading to new version?
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@smartkid808 Oh dear... On a safe network, you can run "node meshcentral --user [username]", quickly clean things up and start the server again.
To clarify, when you say "You can't login" - You try to login and are stuck at the "Login token" screen? You only have Google Authenticator setup before? Any more details appreciated.
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Someone just posted the login problem on GitHub and I posted a fix for it. MeshCentral v0.2.7-r is now live. This fix should solve exactly the problem you got.
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@Ylian said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
Someone just posted the login problem on GitHub and I posted a fix for it. MeshCentral v0.2.7-r is now live. This fix should solve exactly the problem you got.
We are on 0.2.7-s
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@Ylian said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:
@smartkid808 Oh dear... On a safe network, you can run "node meshcentral --user [username]", quickly clean things up and start the server again.
To clarify, when you say "You can't login" - You try to login and are stuck at the "Login token" screen? You only have Google Authenticator setup before? Any more details appreciated.Hi Yilan, I am non-production.. I am just playing with it, so I have no issues starting from scratch.
I can do the first login, then i can get to the 2nd factor login screen.
I will try to install the new version you posted, and report back.
Thanks for the quick response
