Author: Stan Eisenstat
Subject: Re: Duo two-factor login for the Zoo
Date: Monday, 07 Sep 2020, 11:54:40

    > I hope that you have had a good weekend. I am writing to ask if there is
    > some way for me to opt out of the duo two-factor login that students need
    > to go through in order to access the Zoo. This new system has drastically
    > increased the amount of time it takes for me to make, test and submit my
    > work: not only do I go through this process to log into the Zoo, but since
    > now I cannot use SFTP (through Sublime) to work directly through my file
    > system on the Zoo, I have to upload the files from my local machine into my
    > Zoo directories, which also requires duo two-factor login. ...

The simplest way to reduce the number of encounters with
DUO two-factor authentication is to use a VPN (Virtual
Private Network) to access the yale.edu domain before
you start each session.  See

  https://cowles.yale.edu/faq/how-do-i-connect-yale-resouces-yale-vpn-while-campus

for details.

--Stan-