authentication
RSS authenticationOpenID at risk due to DNS flaw, claims researcher
News A fundamental issue affects the OpenID authentication system, due to its reliance on the Domain Name System, a Sun identity-technology specialist has warned. T is for Two-factor authentication This means... [14 Aug 2008]
Five Strategies for Reducing the High Cost of Online Consumer Authentication
White Paper This whitepaper discusses the five strategies businesses can take to reduce the high costs of online consumer authentication. VeriSign suggests methods to protect brands, understand customers, join a network, choose a... [14 Aug 2008]
Leverage the Benefits of a Shared Authentication Network to Help Drive Consumer Retention and Strengthen Competitor Differentiation
White Paper This white paper introduces the concept of a shared two-factor authentication network, and discusses why a shared network for strong authentication is an essential requirement for continued customer... [14 Aug 2008]
A Guide to Providing Proactive Protection to Consumer Online Transactions
White Paper The whitepaper discusses the impact of the continually growing number of consumers conducting business online, authentication trends, and what can be done by businesses to better protect consumers online. [14 Aug 2008]
ThinkPads with Integrated Fingerprint Readers Secure Your Mobile Workforce
White Paper Download this informative white paper to learn more about the ThinkPad's innovative fingerprint authentication technology. The ThinkPad® integrated fingerprint reader puts security at your fingertips. [10 Aug 2008]
Instance-Level Security Management in Web Service Business Processes
White Paper To achieve this objective, an instance-level authentication mechanism is proposed. Experimental systems are integrated with both the GT4 and CROWN Grid infrastructures, and comprehensive experimentation is conducted to... [04 Aug 2008]
Integrative Security Management for Web-Based Enterprise Applications
White Paper Enterprises require a comprehensive solution that provides centralized security management, from authentication, to authorization and to auditing. In enterprise environment, security becomes increasingly important and... [04 Aug 2008]
Subscriber Authentication for Ethernet-Based Metro/Broadband Networks
White Paper IEEE 802.1x is a relatively new standard created expressly to meet the growing need for authentication of Ethernet-attached devices and subscribers. As Ethernet continues to assume the role as the universal access... [04 Aug 2008]
MSDN Webcast: Essential ASP.NET 1.1 (Part 15 of 15): Forms Authentication (Level 200)
White Paper The presenter of this webcast shows how to provide custom forms-based authentication in the Microsoft ASP.NET applications. The new FormsAuthentication class in ASP.NET provides many services for simplifying custom... [04 Aug 2008]
TechNet Webcast: SQL Server 2005 Series (Part 4 of 10): Securing Your SQL Server (Level 200)
White Paper This webcast focuses on authentication and authorization while crypto support is covered in part five. The presenter begins with authentication, examining the Security model, endpoint-based... [04 Aug 2008]
TechNet Webcast: SQL Server 2005 Technical Overview (Level 200)
White Paper It looks at various security enhancements including the authentication changes, and it also discuss the increased granularity of permissions that the new product allows. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is the next version of... [04 Aug 2008]
TechNet Webcast: Maximizing Security Features Within Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 (Level 300)
White Paper Topics will include authentication, auditing, and security recommendations for the new Live Communications Server 2005. This webcast describes potential security threats and their mitigations for the Microsoft Office... [04 Aug 2008]
A Survey and Comparison of Peer-to-Peer Overlay Network Schemes
White Paper These P2P networks try to provide a long list of features such as: selection of nearby peers, redundant storage, efficient search/location of data items, data permanence or guarantees, hierarchical naming, trust and... [04 Aug 2008]
Scalable, Trustworthy Network Computing Using Untrusted Intermediaries
White Paper At the heart of that challenge is an apparent conflict between the architectural principles that have made the Internet so amazingly scalable and the main strategies, such as user authentication, that are typically... [04 Aug 2008]
Stolen ePassports 'worth £20m' on black market
News T is for Two-factor authentication Professor of security engineering at Cambridge University Ross Anderson said: "This all goes to show how unwise it would be to rely on the UK government for all... [29 Jul 2008]
