To address compliance requirements and security threats, we are enabling Duo Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) to minimize chances of unauthorized access to ORC resources and to protect your data.
This is a notice that the Hopper and Argo clusters will begin requiring Duo MFA starting Tuesday, 06/04/2024. Users will be prompted to accept a Duo MFA push notification to gain SSH access to the Hopper and Argo HPC clusters. Because users are already enrolled in GMU’s Duo instance, as required by other campus IT services, they should already have all the necessary tools to get Duo push notifications.
Affected services:
1. SSH to login/head nodes: All login/head nodes will require DUO MFA.
2. Other secure file transfer and synchronization tools that use SSH such as rsync, scp and sftp will also be subject to Duo MFA.