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Security measure designed to establish the validity of a transmission, message, or originator, or a means of verifying an individual's authorization to receive specific categories of information.
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Determines a user's identity, as well as determining what a user is authorized to access, eg a financial database or a support knowledgebase. The most common form of authentication is user name and password, although this also provides the lowest level of security. VPNs use digital certificates and digital signatures to more accurately identify the user.
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The process of determining whether someone or something is, in fact, who or what it claim to be.
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In computer security, verification of the identity of a user or the user's eligibility to access an object.
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means the corroboration that a person is the one claimed.
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The procedure (essentially approval) used by the approval authority in verifying that specification content is acceptable. Authentication does not imply acceptance or responsibility for the specified item to perform successfully.
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Any of several methods used to provide proof that a particular document received is actually from the individual it claims to be from.
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A security measure for checking a network user's identity.
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Coda manages authentication and authorization through a token. Similar (the details are very different) to using a Windows share, Coda requires users to log in. During the log in process, the client acquires a session key, or token in exchange for a correct password. The token is associated with a user identity, at present this Coda identity is the uid of the user performing the log in.
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The process of identifying an individual through a computer connection, usually based on a username and password or an IP address. See Also: Validation.
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The verification of the identity of a person or process.
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The process of identifying an individual by a computer, usually based on a username and password. Cornell uses SideCar and CUWebLogin to authenticate members of the Cornell community.
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The process that verifies the claimed identity of a station, originator, or individual as established by an identification process.
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The process of identifying an individual, usually based on a username and password. In security systems, authentication is distinct from authorization , which is the process of giving individuals access to system objects based on their identity. Authentication merely ensures that the individual is who he or she claims to be, but says nothing about the access rights of the individual.
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A generic procedure based on LMP-authentication if a link key exists or on LMP-pairing if no link key exists.
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Authentication is the process of determining whether someone or something is, in fact, who or what it is declared to be. In private and public computer networks (including the Internet), authentication is commonly done through the use of logon passwords. Knowledge of the password is assumed to guarantee that the user is authentic. Each user registers initially (or is registered by someone else), using an assigned or self-declared password. ...
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Proof by means of a signature or otherwise that a certain document or certain data is of undisputed origin and genuine.
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Verifying the identity of a person or a computer system
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the process of verifying that a file or message has not been altered in route from the distributor to the recipient(s).
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Validation of a user, a computer, or some digital object to ensure that it is what is claims to be.
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A method for identifying a user prior to granting permission to access, change, or delete a system or network resource.
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Authentication is the process of determining whether someone or something is, in fact, who or what it is declared to be. The use of digital certificates issued and verified by a Certificate Authority (CA) as part of a public key infrastructure is part of the authentication process. In MEDI, special knowledge of IDPA information is required for authentication.
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Determination by a numismatic expert as to the status of a coin being original and genuine - not counterfeit.
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The name of the process to verify the identity of a user as they log onto a network.
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is any process by which the buyer establishes his identity in order to effect payment. In ordinary commerce, authentication is usually based on something you have (eg driver's license, ATM card), something you know (eg password, mother's maiden name), or something you are (eg fingerprints, retinal scan), or some combination of these. Authentication differs from authorization, which is the process by which payment is released to the seller. ...
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a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity
validating the authenticity of something or someone
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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. A blind credential, in contrast, does not establish identity at all, but only a narrow right or status of the user or program.
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