<p>30/05/2023<br />
Dear Users,</p>
<p>we are happy to announce that we have increased the security of all clusters<br />
by introducing a *two-factor authentication (2FA) method to access* *CINECA<br />
clusters*.</p>
<p>We warmly encourage you to go through the registration and activation of the<br />
2FA service as soon as possible.</p>
<p>The access to the clusters for personal users (other types of users are not<br />
involved in this first step) will be allowed ONLY after authenticating via<br />
2FA and downloading a temporary ssh certificate. Please, refer to the online<br />
documentation for detailed instructions:</p>
<p><a href="https://wiki.u-gov.it/confluence/display/SCAIUS/How+to+connect+via+2FA">https://wiki.u-gov.it/confluence/display/SCAIUS/How+to+connect+via+2FA</a></p>
<p>The migration to the 2FA method in accessing the clusters will be managed<br />
according to the following plan:</p>
<p> * from* tomorrow* it won't be possible anymore to use the command /passwd/<br />
to reset the password. The reset password will be available only via<br />
<a href="https://sso.hpc.cineca.it">https://sso.hpc.cineca.it</a>. Users will be informed of the expiration of<br />
their password 30,20,10,5,4,3,2,1 days before the event;<br />
* *June 13th*, Marconi's users will be forced to adopt the 2FA method to<br />
access the cluster;<br />
* *June 27th*, G100's users will be forced to adopt the 2FA method to access<br />
the cluster.</p>
<p>This authentication method is already active on all CINECA clusters. We<br />
strongly encourage you to activate 2FA and access via ssh certificates before<br />
the method is enforced on the clusters. If you currently use ssh keys to log<br />
in, please store them elsewhere to guarantee that your authentication method<br />
is via ssh certificate and 2FA.<br />
Best regards,</p>
<p>HPC User Support and Production Team @CINECA</p>