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 ===== 1st step: Setup your IfI account credentials ===== ===== 1st step: Setup your IfI account credentials =====
  
-Learn here how to setup your account password and how to set up 2-factor authentication (the later is currently in the testing stage and therefore not yet required).+Learn here how to setup your account password and how to set up 2-factor authentication (the later is currently in the testing stage and therefore not yet required). Please note, that the information here concerns your **IfI account**. The instructions on how to setup your UZH account has or will be sent to you by postal mail.
  
-==== Password Authentication ====+**Password Authentication:** On account creation, we sent you an **initial password** and/or a **link to reset your password** – together with instructions on how to set a password. Please act accordingly and you are set and ready to continue.
  
-On account creation, we sent you an initial password or a link to reset your password – together with instructions on how to set a password. Please act accordingly and you are set and ready to continue.+Important: please also read more on [[:account:passwords|passwords]], [[:account:phishing|phishing]] and [[:account:malware|malware]] (note that you need to login to access these pages, a perfect way to test if your IfI credentials work), plus the [[https://www.zi.uzh.ch/en/staff/it-security/guidelines-and-security-rules.html|Guidelines and Security Rules]] (UZH).
  
-<WRAP caution>This is right now in the testing/migration stage. This means, if you do not have a second factor configured, you will not need to provide one when logging in. If you would like to test our 2FA, all you need to do is to setup a second factor/token (see below).</WRAP>+**2-factor Authentication (2FA): **2FA makes the process of identifying user (authentication) more secure, by requiring a 2nd factor in addition to the password. If one factor (usually the password) becomes known, due to fishing or a data leak for example, the 2nd factor is still necessary to log in. This makes such attacks much harder.
  
-To manage your second factors, or tokens, go to [[https://pi.ifi.uzh.ch|pi.ifi.uzh.ch]].+<WRAP caution>2FA is right now in the testing/migration stage. This means, that if you do not have a 2nd factor configured, you will not need to provide one when logging in. If you would like to test our 2FA, all you need to do is to setup a 2nd factor (see below).</WRAP> 
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 +**Setup your first 2nd factor:** To start, we recommend to to setup a PUSH token or a TOTP token. Please check the [[:account:mfa|step by step guides]]. After that, you are ready to go. We recommend to read more on [[:account:passwords|passwords]], [[:account:phishing|phishing]] and [[:account:malware|malware]] (note that you need to login to access these pages, which is perfect way to test if your IfI credentials/2nd factors work), plus the [[https://www.zi.uzh.ch/en/staff/it-security/guidelines-and-security-rules.html|Guidelines and Security Rules]] (UZH). 
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 +**2FA-enabled Services:** As noted above, we are currently in the implementation and testing stage. Please check on [[:overview:services|]] for which of our services 2FA has already been activated. NOTE: as indicated above, as of now, no 2nd factor is necessary, as long as you do not setup a token (see above).
  
-NOTE: the instructions on how to setup 2FA for your UZH account was (or will be) sent to you by postal mail. 
  
 ===== Further steps ===== ===== Further steps =====