authentication
House key versus user authentication
- Albert Zenkoff
- 2015-03-05
- Technology, authentication, authorization, difference, house key, key, protection
I got an interesting question regarding the technologies we use for authentication that I will discuss here. The gist of the question is that we try to go all out on the technologies we use for the authentication, even trying unsuitable technologies like biometrics, while, on the other hand, we still use fairly simple keys ...
Read MorePassword recovery mechanisms – Part 2
- Albert Zenkoff
- 2013-05-21
- Technology, authentication, Development, general, guidance, guide, password database, password management, passwords, rules, secondary channel, software design, user information
Passwords remain the main means of authentication on the internet. People often forget their passwords and then they have to recover their access to the website services through some kind of mechanism. We try to make that so-called “password recovery” simple and automated, of course. There are several ways to do it, all of them ...
Read MorePassword recovery mechanisms – Part 1
- Albert Zenkoff
- 2013-05-21
- Technology, authentication, Development, dumpster diving, general, guidance, password management, passwords, protection, rules, secret questions, security design, software design, user information
Passwords remain the main means of authentication on the internet. People often forget their passwords and then they have to recover their access to the website services through some kind of mechanism. We try to make that so-called “password recovery” simple and automated, of course. There are several ways to do it, all of them ...
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Hack NFC Door Locks
- Albert Zenkoff
- 2012-12-27
- Technology, authentication, door locks, identification, NFC, Physical security, protocol, RFID, security, Smart card, wireless
I can see in the logs that people sometimes come to this site with interesting searches. A recent interesting search was “Hack NFC Door Locks”. Well, since there is interest in the subject, why not? Let’s talk about NFC, contactless smart card and RFID door locks, shall we not? The actual technology used for the ...
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Biometrics – any good?
- Albert Zenkoff
- 2012-07-20
- Technology, authentication, biometrics, identification, philosophy, security, technology, tracking
I think I already talked about this subject previously but not here. Anyhow, the subject bears repeating. Many go “yippee!” at the mention of biometrics and start to think their user authentication problem is solved. Do not pay attention, they will end up in the newspaper headlines fairly soon, either for massive security failures or ...
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Albert Zenkoff
Managing corporate security in both technical and business sense in the context of long-term business strategy and sustainability.
For security consulting, training, certification and audit mail albert@aruberusan.com.
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