Authentication and Access Control: Practical Cryptography Methods and Tools

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S. BoonkrongAuthentication and Access Controlhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6570-3_6

6. Multi-factor Authentication

Sirapat Boonkrong¹  

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Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

 

Today, there are over 3.5 billion people online and have access to many online services such as banking, shopping, student records, and social media. In order to access these services, they have to carry out and pass a login or authentication mechanism, which usually requires a username and a password. In the previous chapters, we have learned a username and a password are not the only credentials that can be used during the login process.

As explained earlier, there are actually three major ...