Re:Okta may have found a better way to handle our online ide...
by falcolas on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @10:42AM
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I use Okta on a daily basis. I'm not a fan.
I still use a password and 2fa code on a daily basis. On pages where the appropriate fields don't capture the cursor by default, so my first attempt to enter either will fail, since I have to tab over to or click on the field first. Also, since you have to sign in daily, if you forget your phone (or it fails), you're locked out of everything until you sort it out.
There's also limited support for external applications, so it has to fall back to being a simplistic password manager if you access anything without Okta integration.
That said, our IT group loves it, since they can integrate all kinds of authentication and authorization into it, without having to manage it themselves.
I still use a password and 2fa code on a daily basis. On pages where the appropriate fields don't capture the cursor by default, so my first attempt to enter either will fail, since I have to tab over to or click on the field first. Also, since you have to sign in daily, if you forget your phone (or it fails), you're locked out of everything until you sort it out.
There's also limited support for external applications, so it has to fall back to being a simplistic password manager if you access anything without Okta integration.
That said, our IT group loves it, since they can integrate all kinds of authentication and authorization into it, without having to manage it themselves.