The technology provides secure remote access to a broad spectrum of applications and network resources Application-layer VPNs are generating lots of attention these days. Proponents cite the ...

Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol, better known as PEAP is a protocol that adds an extra layer of security to wireless LANs and point-to-point connections with PEAP passwords. The protocol ...

The industry is currently fond of talking about the ‘end of passwords’ as a means of identity authentication security. This is argued to be possible if we start to use technologies like behavioral ...

In the network access control products we tested, authentication varies from very strong to very weak, and every point in-between. When starting down your path of evaluating NAC products, decide very ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Dany Lepage discusses the architectural ...

Certificate-based authentication is a cryptographic technique that allows one computer to securely identify itself to another across a network connection, using a document called a public-key ...

Sometimes the network authentication window in OS X can hang and result in a persistent window that blocks other applications. Here's how to fix it. Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor Topher, an avid Mac ...

The third layer of the OSI Model, the network layer, is where most network engineers focus their time and expertise. As Darragh commented in my post on the data link layer, Layer 2 is cool but Layer 3 ...

Iridium has introduced 'Project Authentic,' a satellite-based positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) authentication system to verify device locations for data centers and other infrastructure.

Biometric technology is now cost-effective and functional enough for developers to use it in many application environments. The Oracle database supports some of the protocols that are commonly used ...