Re: NumPy security roadmap proposal

Ralf Gommers via NumPy-Discussion <[email protected]>
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On Fri, Jun 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM Andrew Nelson via NumPy-Discussion <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
> On Fri, 13 Jun 2025 at 16:43, Ralf Gommers via NumPy-Discussion <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> For 2FA and repository/PyPI access, we'll start making changes soon. Note
>> that GitHub has recently made changes to its 2FA settings that ask for
>> action from many people: on https://github.com/orgs/numpy/people you can
>> see that under "Two-factor authentication" the options increased; there is
>> now a Secure/Insecure distinction instead of only Enabled/Disabled. If you
>> want to move yourself from Insecure to Secure, you have to disable the
>> SMS/mobile recovery option in your personal settings under "Password and
>> authentication". A large majority of the 94 people with permissions are
>> currently marked as Insecure.
>>
>
> Having just visited this page I can't see any Two-factor authentication,
> or secure/insecure properties listed.
>

It may only be visible to org owners then.


> Remember that 2FA isn't just SMS, it could be an Authenticator app,
> Physical key (yubikey), etc.
>

Yes indeed. The other methods are considered secure by GitHub, just
SMS/mobile is not.

Cheers,
Ralf

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