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With recent news of data breaches and cracked accounts, we’re glad about ownCloud’s focus on security. How you can benefit from it? Combine OAuth2 with Two-Factor Authentication to protect your account from hackers!

In der neuen Version 2.5 des privacyIDEA ownCloud Plugins kann der Administrator nun entscheiden, in welchem Fall er von den Benutzern eine Zwei-Faktor-Authentifizierung verlangt und wann nicht. Dies kann der Administrator von der IP-Adresse des anfragenden Clients abhängig machen. So kann er bspw. erzwingen, dass Zugriffe aus dem Internet mit einem zweiten Faktor geschützt sind, […]

Thank you to our Google Summer of Code Students! They, together with their mentors did a great Job on improving security and the integration of external storages. From the community, for the community: Our GSoC Students help to improve ownCloud as a sustainable platform for secure file, sync and share.

Two-Factor Authentication greatly enhances security – Christoph Wurst brought the first generation of 2FA and token authentication into ownCloud. Here is how he did it: