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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p style='margin-bottom:0in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D'>Effective February 1, 2023, ARIN will be enforcing Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) on all ARIN Online accounts. We strongly encourage account holders to set up 2FA in advance of the flag day for enforcement so that this change is not interruptive to your account access.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;-moz-text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D'>Currently, users can select between using an authenticator app or enabling SMS text messages for authentication. After January 3, 2023, users will also be able to authenticate using a FIDO2/Passkey device.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;-moz-text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D'>Any new activations of voice call authentication are not available at this time. Work is underway to restore this option.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;-moz-text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D'>To learn more about the available 2FA options, including where ARIN supports SMS, please visit:</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D'><a href="https://www.arin.net/reference/materials/security/twofactor/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0052CC'>https://www.arin.net/reference/materials/security/twofactor/</span></a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;-moz-text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D'>Please note that ARIN only supports SMS inside our region, and that SMS availability may be impacted by your service provider. If you are unable to use SMS, we encourage you to use an authenticator app or FIDO2/Passkey (after January 3, 2023) as an alternative to avoid this issue.</span></p><p style='margin-bottom:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D'>Regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;-moz-text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D'>American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)</span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>