Tuesday 14 August 2018

Requiring Launchpad 2FA from Ubuntu uploaders

Launchpad 2FA is currently opt-in for everyone. However, it has been
mandatory for Canonical employees for a number of years now. Details are
documented here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSO/FAQs/2FA

TOTP and HOTP are supported, so this works with hardware authenticators
such as Yubikeys as well as smartphone apps like OTP Authenticator (from
F-Droid) and Google Authenticator (Play Store), etc.

We[1] think this is now easy enough and standard enough not to be a
burden, so we are inclined to implement this as a requirement for all
Ubuntu uploaders[2]. Any objections?

Robie

[1] "We" means the TB and the DMB

[2] By "Ubuntu uploaders" I mean anyone who can upload to the Ubuntu
archive, which I think means all members of ~ubuntu-uploaders whether
directly or indirectly.