user authentication

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• Authentication — (from Greek αυθεντικός; real or genuine, from authentes; author) is the act of establishing or confirming something (or someone) as authentic , that is, that claims made by or about the thing are true. This might involve confirming the identity… …   Wikipedia

• Authentication server — Authentication servers are servers that provide authentication services to users or other systems. Users and other servers authenticate to such a server, and receive cryptographic tickets. These tickets are then exchanged with one another to… …   Wikipedia

• User Account Control — (UAC) is a technology and security infrastructure introduced with Microsoft s Windows Vista operating system. It aims to improve the security of Microsoft Windows by limiting application software to standard user privileges until an administrator …   Wikipedia

• Authentication Open Service Interface Definition — The Authentication Open Service Interface Definition (OSID) is an O.K.I. specification which supports invoking an authentication process. OSIDs are programmatic interfaces which comprise a Service Oriented Architecture for designing and building… …   Wikipedia

• Authentication Header — IPsec im TCP/IP‑Protokollstapel: Anwendung HTTP IMAP SMTP DNS … Transport TCP UDP …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• authentication —    In a network operating system or multiuser system, the process that validates a user s logon information. Authentication may involve comparing the user name and password to a list of authorized users. If a match is found, the user can log on… …   Dictionary of networking

• User (computing) — Username redirects here. For the same term in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Username End user (computer science) redirects here. For other uses, see End user (disambiguation). A user is an agent, either a human agent (end user) or software agent, who… …   Wikipedia

• authentication — In the context of bonds, refers to the validation of a bond certificate. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * authenticate UK US /ɔːˈθentɪkeɪt/ US  /ɑːˈθenṱɪ / verb [T] ► to prove that something is real, true, or what people say it is: »Each of… …   Financial and business terms

• authentication — noun a) something which validates or confirms the authenticity of something b) proof of the identity of a user logging on to some network …   Wiktionary

• authentication — UK [ɔːˌθentɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n] / US [ɔˌθentɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n] noun [uncountable] 1) the act of proving or showing that something is real and not false or copied 2) business a system that keeps computer information safe by checking who the user is and checking… …   English dictionary

• Multi-factor authentication — Multi factor authentication, sometimes called strong authentication, is an extension of two factor authentication. This is the Defense in depth approach of Security In Layers applied to authentication. While two factor authentication only… …   Wikipedia