• Android
  • iOS
  • macOS
  • Windows

Two Step Authentication

What is Two Step Authentication

Two-factor authentication or 2-step verification provides an additional level of security. Along with a valid password, a verification code is required to access a given resource, such as a website. The verification codes are often generated from tools such as Google Authenticator based on a secret key provided from the site. Often times, these tools do not protect the secret key, so should a user's device become stolen or compromised the secret key could be found. Storing your key in a TOTP field (Time-bases One-Time Password) in Codebook provides an added level of security. Codebook can generate these verification codes while protecting the secret key just like it protects your passwords and other sensitive data.

We will add a TOTP field to our Dropbox entry.

On android

  • Go to your Dropbox entry and tap Edit button to resume editing.
  • Tap Add a new field.
  • Tap TOTP from the list of labels.

Edit Dropbox entry Add field to Dropbox entry Select TOTP field type

  • Enter the secret key. This can be done in two ways:

    1. Copy the secret key provided by Dropbox
    2. Scan the QR Code.
  • Tap ✓.
  • Tap the Save icon.

Enter TOTP TOTP Entered TOTP code as entered Generating TOTP code

Codebook will generate a new verification codes every 30 seconds. This is the code you will provide to Dropbox when prompted.

On ios

  • Go to your Dropbox entry and tap Edit button to resume editing.
  • Tap Add a new field.
  • Tap TOTP from the list of labels.

Edit Dropbox entry Add field to Dropbox entry Select TOTP field type

  • Enter the secret key. This can be done in two ways:

    1. Copy the secret key provided by Dropbox
    2. Scan the QR Code.
  • Tap Done.

Enter TOTP TOTP Entered Generating TOTP code

Codebook will generate a new verification codes every 30 seconds. This is the code you will provide to Dropbox when prompted.

On macos

  1. Go to your Dropbox Entry and click on the Edit button (⌘ E) to resume editing.
  2. Click on the plus sign (+) to add a new field.
  3. Select TOTP from the list of labels.

Add field to Dropbox entry

  • Copy the secret key provided by Dropbox to the TOTP field.
  • Save the entry.

Change field to TOTP

Codebook will generate a new verification codes every 30 seconds. This is the code you will provide to Dropbox when prompted.

Generating TOTP code

On windows

  1. Go to your Dropbox Entry and click on Edit to resume editing.
  2. Click on the plus sign (+) to add a new field.

Enter edit on Dropbox entry

Add field to Dropbox entry

  1. Click on the label edit button to show the list of labels.
  2. Select TOTP from the list.

Select label TOTP

  1. Copy the secret key provided by Dropbox to the TOTP field.
  2. Save the entry.

Change field to TOTP

Codebook will generate a new verification codes every 30 seconds. This is the code you will provide to Dropbox when prompted.

Generating TOTP code