Git Credential Manager: authentication for everyone
Ensuring secure access to your source code is more important than ever. Git Credential Manager helps make that easy.
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Announcing npm’s new access token format
npm access tokens will now follow the established format of GitHub authentication tokens.
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Securing your GitHub account with two-factor authentication
The benefits of multifactor authentication are widely documented, and there are a number of options for using 2FA on GitHub.
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Security keys are now supported for SSH Git operations
GitHub has been at the forefront of security key adoption for many years. We were an early adopter of Universal 2nd Factor (“U2F”) and were also one of the first…
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Behind GitHub’s new authentication token formats
We’re excited to share a deep dive into how our new authentication token formats are built and how these improvements are keeping your tokens more secure. As we continue to…
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Token authentication requirements for Git operations
In July 2020, we announced our intent to require the use of token-based authentication (for example, a personal access, OAuth, or GitHub App installation token) for all authenticated Git operations.…
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Token authentication requirements for API and Git operations
As previously announced, beginning November 13th, 2020, we will no longer accept account passwords when authenticating with the REST API and will require the use of token-based authentication (e.g., a…
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Git Credential Manager Core: Building a universal authentication experience
Authentication is a critical component to your daily development. When working in open source, you need to prove that you have rights to update a branch with git push. Additionally…
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GitHub Token Scanning—one billion tokens identified and five new partners
Token scanning has reached a new milestone: one billion tokens identified. We’ve also added five new partners—Atlassian, Dropbox, Discord, Proctorio, and Pulumi.
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