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Setting-up-your-MFA
Setting-up-your-MFA
Setting up MFA on your

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account

You will need to go through a one-time set up process to enrol your account for MFA.

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See Secure identity tokens for more information or to apply for a token.to apply for a token.

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Pilot-program-meeting-recording
Pilot-program-meeting-recording
Pilot program meeting recording

The initial Mediaflux MFA pilot program meeting was recorded and is available below for those who were unable to attend.

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Known issues

MFA with Mediaflux is a new feature that is currently under active development. As such there are some known issues that we are tracking with the software vendor (Arcitecta). Pending resolution, here are some workarounds.

“Session Expired” when enrolling for MFA

When attempting to enrol using the QR code at the MFA registration portal, you always see the error message:

Mediaflux Pocket: Enrollment failed
Session expired. Please re-login and try again

This issue seems to either be intermittent or only affect some users' phones.

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titleSteps to work around the issue

You can enrol manually from within the Mediaflux Pocket app.

  • Open the Mediaflux Pocket app on your phone

  • Tap the red (plus) button in the bottom-right

  • Tap the “ENROL MANUALLY” link at the bottom of the screen and enter the details:

    • host: https://mediaflux.researchsoftware.unimelb.edu.au

    • domain: unimelb or student

    • username: <your university username>

    • password: <your university password>

  • Tap the REGISTER button

When enrolled for MFA, unable to log in to MFA portal

If you are currently enrolled for MFA and have logged in to Mediaflux recently (within the last 24 hours), you will not be able to log in to the MFA registration portal. This means that you can’t use the portal to unenrol from MFA. The message shown by the portal is:

Multi-Factor Authentication Required
A notification has been sent to the enrolled device -
Please verify on your device to continue.

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titleSteps to work around the issue

You can unenrol from within the Mediaflux Pocket app.

  • Open the Mediaflux Pocket app on your phone

  • Tap on the account you wish to unenrol from MFA

  • Tap the unenrol button, then the red unenrol button

If iPhone is locked, actioned push notifications show "No Response" error

If your iPhone is locked when you try to connect with MFA for the first time in a 24 hour period, a push notification is sent to your phone. When you unlock your phone and tap on the notification, the Mediaflux Pocket app opens, but the verification status is listed as “No Response” and cannot be accepted.

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titleSteps to work around the issue
  • Wait for 60 seconds for the MFA request to time out

  • Unlock your phone and open the Mediaflux Pocket app

  • Retry connecting to Mediaflux

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FAQs
FAQs
FAQs

General

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titleI use the University's DaRIS system. WIll this change affect me?

We are not enabling MFA for DaRIS.

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titleI automatically upload large amounts of data. How can I do this without being bothered by many MFA requests?

Any projects or users currently using the Mediaflux platform will need to use the new Mediaflux MFA once it is fully implemented in Q4 2024. If your project uses the Mediaflux platform, this change will apply. If you'd like to automatically upload large amounts of data via SFTP, SMB or HTTPS you can apply for a Secure Identity Token.

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Contact RCS (Research Computing Services)