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1Key authentication — is a problem that arises when using public key cryptography. It is the process of assuring that the public key of person A held by person B does in fact belong to person A .In traditional symmetric key cryptography, this problem wasn t an issue… …
2Key selection vector — The Key Selection Vector means the numerical associated with a Device Key Set and distributed by Licensor or its designee to Adopters and used to support authentication of Licensed Products and Revocation. It is considered a confidential set of… …
3Magic SysRq key — The SysRq key The magic SysRq key is a key combination understood by the Linux kernel, which allows the user to perform various low level commands regardless of the system s state. It is often used to recover from freezes, or to reboot a computer …
4Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol — ISAKMP (Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol) is a protocol for establishing Security Associations (SA) and cryptographic keys in an Internet environment. The protocol is defined by RFC 2408. Overview ISAKMP defines the… …
5Public Key Infrastructure — A proposal to provide a structure for verifying and authenticating users involved in transactions on the Internet or on corporate intranets and extranets. The proposal involves a set of trusted certificate authorities (CAs) who would… …
6Security token — Several types of security tokens with a penny for scale …
7cryptology — cryptologist, n. cryptologic /krip tl oj ik/, cryptological, adj. /krip tol euh jee/, n. 1. cryptography. 2. the science and study of cryptanalysis and cryptography. [1635 45; < NL cryptologia. See CRYPTO , LOGY] * * * Introduction …
8Password — For other uses, see Password (disambiguation). A password is a secret word or string of characters that is used for authentication, to prove identity or gain access to a resource (example: an access code is a type of password). The password… …
9SecurID — RSA SecurID is a mechanism developed by RSA Security for performing two factor authentication for a user to a network resource. Overview The RSA SecurID authentication mechanism consists of a token mdash;a piece of hardware (e.g. a token or USB)… …
10IPsec — Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) is a suite of protocols for securing Internet Protocol (IP) communications by authenticating and/or encrypting each in a data stream. IPsec also includes protocols for cryptographic key establishment.… …
