How SMS authentication works
It is easier to understand how SMS authentication works if you separate it into the “user side” and the “sender side.” Assuming that SMS authentication is being performed by a web service, we will first explain the flow on the “user side.”
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SMS authentication user side
Enter your ID and password on the web service login screen.
Enter the mobile number to which you want to receive an SMS on the two-step authentication screen .
Enter the “confirmation code” you received on the login screen
Next, we will introduce recreating the live experience the SMS authentication mechanism from the perspective of a web service provider.
When a company receives an SMS authentication request from a user, it requests the SMS delivery service to send a “confirmation code” via API.
>The SMS delivery lithuania phone number service that receives the request then sends a message containing the
“confirmation code” to the user. When the user receives the “confirmation code” and enters it into the login screen, the SMS delivery service notifies the company via API of the delivery result.
If the “confirmation code” entered is correct, authentication is complete.
In order! for web service providers to introduce SMS authentication, they need to either “develop a system” or “integrate! their own system with the API.”