authentication table
1E-Authentication — is a shorthand for electronic authentication. Authentication is a process closely related to identification. In online environments, the username identifies the user, while the password authenticates that the user is whom he claim to be.… …
2Password authentication protocol — A password authentication protocol (PAP) is an authentication protocol that uses a password. PAP is used by Point to Point Protocol to validate users before allowing them access to server resources. Almost all network operating system remote… …
3Pre-boot authentication — (PBA) serves as an extension of the BIOS or boot firmware and guarantees a secure, tamper proof environment external to the operating system as a trusted authentication layer. The PBA prevents anything being read from the hard disk such as the… …
4Message authentication code — In cryptography, a message authentication code (often MAC) is a short piece of information used to authenticate a message. A MAC algorithm, sometimes called a keyed (cryptographic) hash function, accepts as input a secret key and an arbitrary… …
5Data Authentication Algorithm — The Data Authentication Algorithm (DAA) is a former U.S. government standard for producing cryptographic message authentication codes. According to the standard, a code produced by the DAA is called a Data Authentication Code (DAC). The algorithm …
6Emergency Action Message — An Emergency Action Message (EAM) is a preformatted message that directs nuclear capable forces to execute specific Major Attack Options (MAOs) or Limited Attack Options (LAOs) in a nuclear war. Individual countries or specific regions may be… …
7BATCO — is a hand held, paper based encryption system used at a low, front line (platoon, troop and section) level in the British Army during the late Cold War period.A BATCO card is composed of a double sided sheet of about A5 , that Fits in a specially …
8Opal Storage Specification — The Opal Storage Specification from the Trusted Computing Group is a set of Storage Workgroup specifications provide a comprehensive architecture for putting Storage Devices under policy control as determined by the trusted platform host, the… …
9cryptology — 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 …
10X Window System core protocol — The X Window System logo The X Window System core protocol[1][2][3] is the base protocol of the X Windo …
