Cloud Hosting/2FA

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What is Two Factor Authentication?

Two factor authentication is where need have more than just a password to login to account. On top of the password, you need some additional information that only you would have, and that is constantly changing so that it couldn't be guessed like a password can be. This greatly increases the security of your account, and we highly recommend enabling it bellow. Google Authenticator (preferred)

Two Factor Authentication can be enabled in your Cloud Server Hosting Panel under "Settings".

Google Authenticator

Google Authenticator is an app that generates constantly changing two factor codes on your smart phone. It is the easiest way to utilize two factor authentication

SMS (Text Messages)

We can also send you an SMS with your two factor code when you try to login. However, if you don't have a phone signal you will be unable to login to your account. For this reason, the google authenticator app is preferred when possible

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