August 2003
Intermediate to advanced
624 pages
15h 3m
English
The two countermeasures you are most likely to implement have to do with authentication and encryption.
Authentication is the means by which someone can verify that you really are who you say you are. Organizations use authentication to ensure that it is indeed you who has logged into their portal, or it is really your company that has sent them an XML document. Authentication can either be session based, lasting the duration of a communications session, or persistent. Session-based authentication is still most often implemented with user names and passwords. Unless you have significant concerns about someone masquerading as you in order to commit a fraudulent transaction, take this option if it's offered ...
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