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Internet Security
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Internet Security

by Tim Speed, Juanita Ellis
April 2003
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
398 pages
9h 43m
English
Digital Press
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6

Authentication and Authorization

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Hand over your credit card and social security numbers—now!

6.1 The basics

Let’s imagine that I worked for NASA (spaceships are cool). I would get a key card and a nametag that I could show off to other people and use as bragging rights. Additionally, the keycard and nametag would tell everybody how important I was within NASA. This might work for me and against me, in that I’d be authenticated to enter the building, but not authorized to enter every room. This is essentially the same way in which the internet works. As businesses implement networked information strategies that call for controlling access ...

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ISBN: 9781555582982