How to set a headless service using IB API?

HobbyTrading said:
How does this package handle the two factor authentication? For example the challenge-response sequence?
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You can always opt-out of 2FA if you're not with IBHK. 2FA is only required for banking-enabled accounts. Purely trading accounts can do without.
 
d08 said:
You can always opt-out of 2FA
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Yes, I know. I do opt-out of 2FA in those cases where I won't have access to my computer during the weekend when I have to perform the login.
I was hoping that @nooby_mcnoob 's reply implied that it would be possible to do the 2FA verification purely on the mobile phone. In that case it would work for me when I have no access to the computer. But alas, that's not the case. I don't want to give the computer access to the internet through VNC and try to do it remotely, which is why I disable 2FA on cases when I have no access to it.
Of course, once I get back home I re-enable 2FA again as I do like the extra "sense of security" that 2FA offers.
 
HobbyTrading said:
Yes, I know. I do opt-out of 2FA in those cases where I won't have access to my computer during the weekend when I have to perform the login.
I was hoping that @nooby_mcnoob 's reply implied that it would be possible to do the 2FA verification purely on the mobile phone. In that case it would work for me when I have no access to the computer. But alas, that's not the case. I don't want to give the computer access to the internet through VNC and try to do it remotely, which is why I disable 2FA on cases when I have no access to it.
Of course, once I get back home I re-enable 2FA again as I do like the extra "sense of security" that 2FA offers.
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Just fyi all access is through ssh and port forwarding.

Edit: so I can do vnc localhost::5901 and it connects to the VNC server through the SSH connection. I have this set up on my desktop and phone.
 
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d08 said:
I've yet to have any issues with IBC, if it works then it works reliably.
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Oh sure, my comment is not about the quality or reliability of IBC. It's just another layer of complexity that I feel is unwarranted for me. Since I can connect through VNC+SSH through my phone at any time to authenticate, what is really important is how reliable IB TWS/Gateway are, and since they instituted the autorestart, I have found them to be reliable.
 
I use IBController. I was able to get 2FA working by using the IB Key method on my Android phone. I had to copy/paste the "2ndFactor=" line from my C:\Jts\jts.ini file on my desktop/workstation into the jts.ini under the "[Communication]" section, on my cloud sever where I run IBGW.
 
d08 said:
You can always opt-out of 2FA if you're not with IBHK. 2FA is only required for banking-enabled accounts. Purely trading accounts can do without.
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2FA is essential for my account, but this is my first time to hear the purely trading account and banking-enabled account, how can I disable 2FA for a purely trading account or paper account ?
 
Leon Qiu said:
2FA is essential for my account, but this is my first time to hear the purely trading account and banking-enabled account, how can I disable 2FA for a purely trading account or paper account ?
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Why would a paper account need 2FA anyway? For real accounts it's in the account settings if I recall correctly.
 
d08 said:
For real accounts it's in the account settings if I recall correctly.
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This is correct. You have there two choices: either you always need 2FA, or you only need 2FA when you want to log on to account management at the website. The latter option means that you don’t need 2FA if you start TWS or Gateway.
 
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