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single-factor authentication (SFA)
27 Mar 2007
WORD - Single-factor authentication (SFA) is the traditional security process that requires a user name and password before granting access to the user.
SFA security relies on the diligence of the user, who should take additional ...
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graphical password
22 Aug 2004
WORD - A graphical password is an authentication system that works by having the user select from images, in a specific order, presented in a graphical user interface (GUI). For this reason, the graphical-password approach is ...
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identity chaos
26 Jun 2003
WORD - Identity chaos (sometimes called password chaos) is a situation in which users have multiple identities and passwords across a variety of networks, applications, computers and/or computing devices. To further complicate ...
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TACACS
24 Jul 2001
WORD - TACACS (Terminal Access Controller Access Control System) is an older authentication protocol common to UNIX networks that allows a remote access server to forward a user's logon password to an authentication server to ...
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logon
30 Jul 2001
WORD - In general computer usage, logon is the procedure used to get access to an operating system or application, usually in a remote computer. Almost always a logon requires that the user have (1) a user ID and (2) a password. ...
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password
31 Jul 2001
WORD - A password is an unspaced sequence of characters used to determine that a computer user requesting access to a computer system is really that particular user. Typically, users of a multiuser or securely protected single-user ...
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passphrase
31 Jul 2001
WORD - A passphrase is a string of characters longer than the usual password (which is typically from four to 16 characters long) that is used in creating a digital signature (an encoded signature that proves to someone that it was ...
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shadow password file
31 Jul 2001
WORD - In the Linux operating system, a shadow password file is a system file in which encryption user password are stored so that they aren't available to people who try to break into the system. Ordinarily, user information, ...
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