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HowTo: Use the Google Authenticator as a virtual MFA Device on the Amazon AWS Console

HowTo: Use the Google Authenticator as a virtual MFA Device on the Amazon AWS Console

Amazon has supported the use of a hardware based MFA device. But the issue we have had as a firm that deals with many Amazon accounts…

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Michael David Cobb Bowen
Nov 18, 2011
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Amazon has supported the use of a hardware based MFA device. But the issue we have had as a firm that deals with many Amazon accounts, carrying 14 or more devices is just not practical.

So it was really awesome to see that Amazon released the ability to use virtual MFA Devices like the Google Authenticator. This is available for Android, Blackberry and t…

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