New Horde 6 feature: The horde/horde base app’s next release supports two factor logins.
Dmitry Petrov is working to release a new One-Time Password module which integrates with this new API.
Seemless integration for One Time Passwords.
Several years ago I did some downstream development for a customer. They wanted to use One Time Passwords (OTP) in their custom horde application as a way to offer Two-Factor Authentication (2FA). It worked well for the specific use case but it required patching the base Horde system or substantial reconfiguration, basically delegating authentication to this app. Unfortunately, this had several downsides.
Recently I was approached by Dmitry Petrov. He has built his own OTP solution for horde and offered to upstream his module. Time was ripe to finally provide an interface for Two Factor Authentication.
When horde detects the secondfactor/isEnabled API, it adds an additional field to the default login screen.
This also works in smartmobile view. The second factor is not required when connecting to JSON-RPC or CalDAV endpoints. It is only checked for UI logins. Support is currently restricted to the bare minimum. OTP authentication can be opt-in or mandatory – The horde base app does not know this. A future version may force the user into an OTP setup screen after login if no OTP is configured yet.