You use Authenticator to generate one-time passwords (also called verification codes) to sign in to your accounts that use multi-factor authentication.
Check with your account provider if multi-factor authentication is supported and how to enable it for your account.
Authenticator supports time-based and counter-based one-time passwords. See About one-time passwords.
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To start Authenticator, touch and hold the Sophos icon and then tap Authenticator.
Sophos Authenticator is a simple and intuitive application that provides multi-factor authentication on your mobile device. It generates both time-based and event-based one-time passwords (OTP) according to RFC 6238 and RFC 4226.
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Features:
- For time-based passwords, Authenticator shows the currently valid one-time password together with an animated icon that depicts the remaining time until the code becomes invalid and the next code is calculated.
- For counter-based passwords, tap Refresh next to the account item to generate a new one-time password. To prevent you from accidentally generating multiple codes in a row, there is a latency of a few seconds after each generation before you can generate the next code.
- To copy the current one-time password for an account to the clipboard, tap and hold the account item and then tap Copy.
- To edit the account details, tap and hold the account item and then tap Edit. For security reasons, you cannot display or edit the secret key.
- To delete an account, tap and hold the account item and then tap Delete.
1 - Open the Sophos Home application and click on My Activity or Manage Devices button 2 -If applicable, enter your Sophos Home account email and password 3- If desired, check the box for “Allow the current user on this computer to access your dashboard without signing in”. The Sophos General Authentication Client for Windows OS enables Windows users to log in to the Sophos XG Firewall (SF). The following sections are covered: Applies to the following Sophos products and versions.
When you delete an Authenticator entry, you will lose the ability to generate one-time passwords for that account. This doesn’t turn off multi-factor authentication. Deleting the Authenticator entry may prevent you from signing into your account. 
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Before you delete an entry, ensure that you either have an alternative mechanism for generating one-time passwords, or an alternative mechanism to sign in to your account without multi-factor authentication.
- Tap Add and then tap Add manually.
- In the Name field, type a name for the new Authenticator account.
- In the Key field, type the secret key that your account provider has specified. The key is specific to your account and constitutes the calculation basis for the one-time passwords.
- In the Type field, select the calculation type that your account provider has specified.
- If your account provider has specified additional settings, tap More and then tap Advanced to display additional input fields.Note: Only fill in information that your account provider has specified.
- In the Issuer field, enter an issuer string that indicates the provider the account is associated with.
- In the Time period field, enter the validity period in seconds. Only available for time-based one-time passwords.
- In the Counter field, enter the initial counter value. Only available for counter-based one-time passwords.
- In the Code length field, select the number of digits of the one-time passwords.
- In the Hash algorithm field, select the hash algorithm for the calculation of the one-time passwords.
- When you are ready, tap Done.
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