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| | Encyclopedia: Authentication |
 | | In computer security, authentication (Greek: αυθεντικός, from 'authentes'='author') is the process by which a computer, computer program, or another user attempts to confirm that the computer, computer program, or user from whom the second party has received some communication is, or is not, the claimed first party. | | | In a Web of trust "authentication" is a way to ensure users are who they say they are--that the user who attempts to perform functions in a system is in fact the user who is authorized to do so. | | | In a computer data context, cryptographic methods have been developed (see digital signature and challenge-response authentication) which are currently not spoofable if (and only if) the originator's key has not been compromised. |
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| | Cookie Encyclopedia - Circumventing Password Authentication |
| | Many sites initially require a username and password to authenticate the user. | | | Use authenticators which are not easily predictable or guessable. | | | ihateshopping.net - the id used was a serially assigned integer unique to the user which is used to authenticate the user's requests for the remainder of the session. |
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| | RSA acquires authentication company CNET News.com |
| | Readers who read RSA acquires authentication company also read... | | | Speaking to Silicon.com earlier this year, Coviello said banks that do not roll out stronger authentication will soon start to feel the pinch. | | | E-mail authentication is a "first step" September 14, 2005 |
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