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Scale your authentication scheme as your organization grows: As companies grow, so do their security needs. Here are some options for scaling your authentication strategies. The foundation of any computer or network security strategy is access control -- providing those who should have it with access to resources on the network and keeping everyone else...; Tags: Deb Shinder, NETWORKING, SECURITY, password, network, security need, Password authentication, authentication, Build to Scale Newsletter, Card, User Authentication, Engineering; Technical articles 2005-08-02
Controlling passwords with PAM: Password authentication is essential to the security of any network. In this Daily Feature, Jim McIntyre explains how a system administrator can use Pluggable Authentication Modules to enforce a password policy on a Linux system.Password authentication is essential to the security of any network. If password protection is weak, it...; Tags: Jim McIntyre, Password authentication, password, Pluggable Authentication Modules; Technical articles 2000-10-11

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New Authentication: I foundout a new way of authentication where authentication is done through mathematical calculation.Its like thiswhen we create a user account with the help of mathematical process i use to create a code.This can be implemented in any server, application,etc authentications.Iwould like to discuss on this.. I hope this...; Tags: sumuthu, authentication, mathematical calculation; Discussion threads 2007-08-30
Password Policy for Directories: Authentication by use of a username & password is widely used, and efficiently managed organizations will normally apply a number of controls on passwords. These controls, collectively referred to as "Password policy" might include: passwords must be at least six characters long, passwords must be changed at least once every...; Tags: Password, Password Policy; White papers 2007-01-01
VMware ACE: Custom Authentication: You set encryption and authentication policies to ensure that data on a virtual machine is protected and that only authorized users can power on the virtual machine. VMware ACE provides several different methods to authenticate users' access to encrypted virtual machines. The most basic authentication method requires a user to...; Tags: Password, VMware Inc., Virtual Machine, Authentication, VMware ACE, Security; White papers 2005-06-02

SQL Server Administrator Password: I have inherited a windows 2000 small business server. No one knows the administrator password for the SQL server. The default user "sa" comes up but the null password does not work. The password for administrator on the windows 2000 server does not work either. Can anyone help?I don't know...; Tags: server, SQL, password, Gelibathioki, windows, Microsoft SQL Server; Q&A 2006-09-05
New Authentication Mechanism: I foundout a new way of authentication where its no need to store password, authentication is done through mathematical calculation.Its done like thiswhen we create a user account with the help of mathematical process i use to create a code.when user need to log in again authentication is done...; Tags: authentication, authentication mechanism, feedback, security, sumuthu7@...; Discussion threads 2007-01-28
SecuriKey (exe): SecuriKey turns your regular USB key into an effective security token solution. Installed directly onto your USB key, SecuriKey provides strong password protection that can be carried with you wherever you go. Feature includes easy-to-use interface that makes using strong and secure password and authentication as simple as possible. Provides...; Tags: Password, Security Token, USB, Authentication, Security; Software downloads 2006-09-20
Identity Management in a Virtual World: This white paper discusses the requirements, issues associated with user authentication are explored, and the reasons why many enterprises continue to struggle to implement cost-effective authentication mechanisms are addressed. The White Paper also looks at the inefficiencies associated with user names and passwords, multiple authentication methods, as well as the...; Tags: Aladdin Knowledge Systems, Authentication, Identity Management, Security; White papers 2003-06-01
Authentication: Editor: Dreamweaver MX 2004Database: Access 2000ASP classicI created a community site requiring user authentication. Some of the pages are specific to each member, i.e., "Edit Profile", "Change Password", "Delete my Account". Using Dreamweavers authentication, and restricting pages to user id email address, Password, and access group, if I log...; Tags: aaron@..., programming, security; Discussion threads 2007-03-07
Proxy for every program: I'm looking for a way to set proxy settings for every program on a computer. I work in a school behind a proxy that requires authentication and I need a way to force *every* program to go through the correct proxy, preferably transparently.I have a piece of software that needs...; Tags: joshnunn, authentication, proxy, software; Discussion threads 2007-06-07
MOSS 2007 - site authentication...: HiI am using MOSS 2007 installed on W2k3 ENT with SP1 with SQL 2000. Every thing works fine, but on client side whenever we try to open any web site, it prompts for user name & password, it did not take logged in user credentials. I have enabled Integrated windows...; Tags: Web site development, Web browsers, Web technology, anandkulkarni23@..., user Name & Password, MOSS 2007; Discussion threads 2007-09-26
Doodles for Authentication: Recognition and User Study Results: Traditional means of computer based authentication based on username and password combinations become unwieldy as the number of password accounts one manages increases. The average computer user needs to remember a large number of text username and password combinations for different applications, which places a large cognitive load on the...; Tags: Password, Authentication; White papers 2008-04-18
No bootable device available error: I have an old laptop dell latitude that was given to me. I don't even know if it has a hard drive... I'm getting an error "no boot device available" when I go to setup utility, Primary Hard drive says "none". When I reboot from...; Tags: password, linda.calamito@...; Discussion threads 2006-12-28
Password Security Guidelines: This document introduces the basic concepts of network authentication. In particular, it focuses on the use of user-IDs and passwords to verify the identity of users. Various strategies for selecting strong, hard-to-guess passwords are then discussed. A number of technologies are available for user authentication. The most popular authentication...; Tags: Password, Authentication, Security; White papers
Mapped Network Drive Keeps Requesting Authentication?: Hello, I have a PC that is running windows Xp Media Center Edition and I just mapped a network drive from the server. I typed in the username and password for it but for some reason every time the user logs into her account and tries to access the mapped...; Tags: info1@..., Mapped Network Drive, authentication, password, server, Microsoft Windows XP; Discussion threads 2007-11-13
Best Practices for Authenticating Mobile Workers and Securing Data Access: In an environment where business and government databases store ever-increasing amounts of sensitive and confidential data - and where a growing number of employees need to access that data remotely - password security alone is insufficient to ensure user authentication. Many organizations are turning to two-factor authentication, which requires two...; Tags: Mobile, Two-factor Authentication, Data Access, Best Practice, Token, Securecomputing; White papers 2007-12-07
Sanity check: Can the Vidoop visual grid replace password authentication?: Can visual grids replace passwords for authentication?http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=447Will visual grids make authentication more secure and help solve the password problem?What do you think of Vidoop's implementation of the visual grid?USE A CARD SCANNERUse an ID card scanner.good securityis made up of something you know(passwords or vidoop, security questions, etc)and better if...; Tags: Scanners, SECURITY, Jason Hiner, visual grid, grid, password, scanner; Discussion threads 2007-07-06
IISGate (exe): IISGate is high performance Web site authentication, password protection, access management, for Microsoft Internet Information Server IIS4/5/6. IISGate can validate users through the standard window-based Basic Authentication, the custom Web-based Cookie Authentication or the Client IP address. Version 4.71 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.; Tags: Web, IISGate, Channel Management, Marketing; Software downloads 2004-11-02
My vpn user can no longer login, HELP PLEASE: I have a sbs 2003 box that I have inherited. I now have a user that can not login from home. The event viewer says :"The user xxuserx connected from 71.180.xxx.x but failed an authentication attempt due to the following reason: Authentication was not successful because an unknown user name...; Tags: SECURITY, VPN, andrewtha1@..., event viewer; Discussion threads 2007-10-04

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