Pro ASP.NET Core Identity: Under the Hood with Authentication and Authorization in ASP.NET Core 5 and 6 Applications

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A. FreemanPro ASP.NET Core Identity https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6858-2_21

21. Authenticators and Recovery Codes

Adam Freeman¹  

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London, UK

 

In this chapter, I describe how ASP.NET Core Identity supports authenticators for two-factor authentication and how to provide users with recovery codes for emergency access when their second factor isn’t available. Table 21-1 puts these features in context.

Table 21-1.

Putting Authenticators and Recovery Codes in Context

Question	Answer
What are they?	Authenticators are apps that are configured with a secret key, after which they generate codes that can be used as part of a two-factor authentication process. Recovery ...