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New menu line in the upper left corner, just below the language switch. Petits Mots is an archive of already sent Petits Mots.
You can now register or unregister to the AFNT Petit Mot newsletter.
New item sub-menu of “Your membership” for registered users: “Login profile”
With this item, AFNT active members and registered users can now increase their login security preferences: 2FA authentification with their Smartphone and, if they own a personal security device, WebAuthn passwordless authentification. In case of possible loss, it is recommended to have both these two external personal security devices, smartphone AND WebAuthn key, when you decide to improve your security access.
Why this new AFNT management web site?
Before that, the Alliance was using “offline” management methods for its memberships. In other words, member data were updated by several committee members from manually filled in forms, and bank payment records. These members changed over the passing time and data updating was not really done, because the only person who knows about the member’s details is the member self. Moreover, there are legal requirements for associations to keep records of their members’ address details and this was not done. The present web site correct all this through a centralised database and the latest IT&T Open Data Science. It is highly secure. However, to guarantee the best level of security, it recquires passwords.
Passwords are our friends!... While they are a burdain to all of us, passwords are still the mostly used way to protect our data security. Security breaches can happen in two ways: hacking the communications or one user’s password. This site data communications use the best encrypted technology through independently CERT-approved certificates. But there are great news! Free “libre” and private software engineering have now agreed on passwordless standards for web authentification and this web site is one of the first in New Zealand to offer the possibility. For those wishing not to use their password all the time, key devices are available on the market which can also be used to have access to other web sites and other IT services using these new standards. Some needs to be plugged in a USB port like this one, others uses “Bluetooth”.
The site works on smartphones as well. The menu item “Help” above gives more details on how to login.