Rename MFA to 2FA
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- Elixir
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Description
2FA (Two-factor authentication) is a subset of MFA (multi-factor authentication) but we'd like to update the app because:
- At the time of writing, we only support 2 factors, not 2+ factors.
- The term "MFA" is seemingly only the norm in very high security/sensitivity applications. While OpenFn is used in this context, we think a term like "2FA" will be more recognizable to our users, thus encouraging them to use it more frequently! (Right now there are 14M hits for "multi-factor authentication" and 26M hits for "two-factor authentication".) Even if this makes us look less secure, it will probably make our community actually be more secure.
Notes:
- That will require database column changes.
- Search for both "MFA" and "multi-factor authentication" and replace with "2FA" and "two-factor authentication".
- I've added a label "question" to this card because if/when we support a 3rd factor, we will presumably have to change everything back. This feels unlikely in the short term, but I'm still hesitant because of the required database changes. Thoughts?
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with a repository-wide search for “MFA” and “multi-factor authentication”, then inspect the database schema and migrations for the columns that require renaming. Confirm the terminology and database changes are acceptable before proceeding; done means the application consistently uses “2FA” and “two-factor authentication” without breaking existing data or references.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- elixir
- Domain
- authentication, database
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100