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Elementary Information Security, 3rd Edition
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Elementary Information Security, 3rd Edition

by Richard E. Smith
October 2019
Beginner content levelBeginner
708 pages
26h
English
Jones & Bartlett Learning
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CHAPTER 6Authenticating People

About This Chapter

In this chapter, we look at techniques to accurately associate individuals with user identities inside a computer. The discussion will focus on passwords with an introduction to other methods. The chapter examines the following topics:

  • ■   The three authentication factors: what you know, you have, and you are

  • ■   Passwords, password bias, and search space calculations

  • ■   Cryptographic building blocks: random choice, one-way hash

  • ■   Authentication devices: personal tokens and biometrics

  • ■   Basic issues in authentication policy

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ISBN: 9781284153057