Multi-factor authentication

Administration tool ::: tool_mfa
Maintained by Catalyst IT, Brendan Heywood, Peter Burnett, Mikhail Golenkov
This is a Moodle plugin which adds Multi-Factor authentication (MFA), also known as Two-factor authentication (2FA) on top of your existing chosen authentication plugins. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-factor_authentication
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This is a Moodle plugin which adds Multi-Factor authentication (MFA), also known as Two-factor authentication (2FA) on top of your existing chosen authentication plugins.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-factor_authentication

Why another MFA plugin for Moodle?

There are other 2FA plugins for moodle such as:

https://moodle.org/plugins/auth_a2fa

This one is different because it is NOT a Moodle authentication plugin. It leverages new API's that Catalyst specifically implemented in Moodle Core to enable plugins to augment the login process instead of replacing it. This means that this MFA plugin can be added on top of any other authentication plugin resulting in a much cleaner architecture, and it means you can compose a solution that does everything you need instead of compromising by swapping out the entire login flow.

See this tracker and the dev docs for more info:

https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-66173

https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Login_callbacks

The other major difference is that we support multiple authentication factor types as sub plugins, eg IP Range, Email, TOTP, WebAuthn / FIDO2 and in future others such as SMS or hardware tokens or anything else as new sub-plugins. They can be flexible configured so that different combinations of factors are considered enough.

Flexible configuration

The MFA has multiple sub-plugins for each type of factor. Different factors can be combined and checked in a specific order. See the plugin readme for the full details:

https://github.com/catalyst/moodle-tool_mfa/#configuration

For more information, consult the readme:

https://github.com/catalyst/moodle-tool_mfa/

Warm thanks

Thanks to Swissbit for sponsoring the work to add WebAuthn / FIDO2 support to this plugin.

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Contributors

Catalyst IT (Lead maintainer)
Brendan Heywood: Solutions Architect
Peter Burnett: Developer
Mikhail Golenkov: Developer
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  • Titus Development
    tir.. 16. maj. 2023, 18:14
    Would this work in workplace at a tenant level?
  • Peter Burnett
    tir.. 16. maj. 2023, 18:16
    Hi Rémi,

    Yes the application works with Microsoft authenticator, in TOTP mode via a QR code.
  • Peter Burnett
    tir.. 16. maj. 2023, 18:17
    @Titus

    Its not currently tenancy aware. We have had some passing interest in getting it there, but we haven't had a sponsor or the time to put towards it currently.
  • Jarratt Holliday
    tir.. 18. jul.. 2023, 08:01
    Hi, I'm using the latest MFA_plugin version with Moodle 4.1.3 and the Edumy theme but when go to the Account Profile > Preferences < Multi-factor authentication preferences for MFA with this Edumy theme running it displays this error:

    Coding error detected, it must be fixed by a programmer: page layout file [dirroot]/theme/edumy/layout/columns2.php does not contain the main content placeholder, please include "<?php echo $OUTPUT->main_content() ?>" in theme layout file.

    I'm not entire surely how to fix this problem. I have already tried suggestion above and also raised support ticket with Edumy but they have been very unresponsive. I desperately need to fix this as have a client using this Edumy theme with MFA plugin but it does not work at all properly at the moment because of this error.

    The MFA plugin works perfectly fine with BOOST theme so I'm guessing the Edumy theme is causing this weird issue with this MFA plugin.

    Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
  • Peter Burnett
    tir.. 15. aug.. 2023, 16:02
    Hi @Jarrat Holiday. I think this is something I have heard before from other users of the plugin. This is a bug with Edumy, and its not something that can be easily remedied on the MFA side. MFA is simply calling a code path that exposes the error, but the error message is deeper and emitted from core from what I understand, I believe it happens when attempting to emit javascript.
    I am not overly keen on working around a very broken community theme unfortunately, as to do so would likely worsen support for other themes.
  • Tomas Torres
    tor.. 17. aug.. 2023, 21:08
    Hi Peter:
    I want to use the atutenticator app only, the authenticator app and the grace period is enabled, and I have the message to setup the app.
    In this screen I can put the Device Label, scan the QR Code in Twilio, Microsoft Authenticator or google authentichator, I and a config the service in cell phone.
    But when I try to put the verification code for confirmation, I have the message of incorrect verification code, and i can't save the configuration to finish.
    What can be the issue?
  • Peter Burnett
    fre.. 18. aug.. 2023, 06:14
    Hi Tomas, This sounds like clock drift on either the server or the device being used to generate the TOTP code. The generation algorithm is time based, and by default only allows for a clock skew of up to 30 seconds. This window can be widened in the factor_totp settings, however it is worth ensuring both the Moodle server and the mobile device are set to use network time, which should ensure they dont drift from a central time source.
  • Tomas Torres
    fre.. 18. aug.. 2023, 12:04
    Hi Peter, thanks a lot, is working now after ntp service configuration.
  • Stefan Biehl
    tor.. 7. sep.. 2023, 01:35
    Hi, how can I extend the grace period if it passed and some users can't login anymore?
  • Peter Kelly
    tir.. 19. sep.. 2023, 09:30
    Hi, I'm running into an issue, I have these MFA's in order) TOTP app 100, EMail 100, Grace Period 100. Email works fine, Grace period seems to be working fine, I am not getting any TOPT setup options in the user profile settings. Preferences
    User account
    Edit profile
    Change password
    Preferred language
    Forum preferences
    Editor preferences
    Calendar preferences
    Content bank preferences
    Message preferences
    Notification preferences. Any ideas on how to proceed.? Nothing jumps at me in the log files.
  • serge-fabien woi
    tor.. 5. okt.. 2023, 02:29
    Good evening, I'm a Moodle student and I'd like to know if you can help me install the MFA plugin because on the link https://github.com/catalyst/moodle-tool_mfa/ it's really complicated for me to install and configure it. I use Moodle 4 and the eguru theme.
  • Zoran Jančić
    man.. 9. okt.. 2023, 21:21
    We are using this plugin on our Moodle 4.2. IT says Moodle 4.3 has MFA in the core, but there are no instructions about migrating existing data from MFA plugin to MFA core. Will upgrade scripts automatically do it or there are some additional steps required?
  • Peter Burnett
    tir.. 10. okt.. 2023, 06:46
    Hi Zoran, no migration should be required, it is the exact same plugin within core, Moodle HQ have adopted the existing plugin, so no additional work or config should be required.
  • Michael O'Callaghan
    tor.. 8. feb.. 2024, 01:16
    Hi, Thanks for a fantastic plugin. I'm just wondering if its possible to modify/customize the email that is sent by the MFA plugin?
  • heli g
    man.. 26. feb.. 2024, 15:10
    Please can you update the version in the Moodle plugins directory. We have encountered what looks like this bug: Using email MFA behind VPN with private-range IP addresses results in exception https://github.com/catalyst/moodle-tool_mfa/issues/444
    Thank you
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