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2.4 Review Questions

Federation

  • sharing access to your network with others employees, partners, suppliers, and customers

  • a way for people to login and access certain resources without needing separate accounts for each service

  • EXAMPLES : People sign into your website via Google Credentials

Attestation

  • proves your hardware is authentic/trustworthy

Totp

  • one time password

  • secret key combines with the current time of the day

  • used by google, facebook, and microsoft

  • does not use a counter to generate a code ( a counter make sure each generated code is unique

Hotp

  • one time password

  • secret key combined with a counter

  • the counter changes each time you authenticated

  • counter starts with 0 and works its way up

Static Code

  • credentials that remain unchanged

Authentication applications

  • an application that can be used for authentication (OTPs codes)

  • google authentication, duo

  • can be installed on smart phones, turning your device into a token generator

Crossover error rate (CER)

  • defines the overall accuracy of a biometric system

  • a point where the False Acceptance Rate (FAR) and the False Rejection Rate (FRR) are equal

2.4 Review Questions

Federation

  • sharing access to your network with others employees, partners, suppliers, and customers

  • a way for people to login and access certain resources without needing separate accounts for each service

  • EXAMPLES : People sign into your website via Google Credentials

Attestation

  • proves your hardware is authentic/trustworthy

Totp

  • one time password

  • secret key combines with the current time of the day

  • used by google, facebook, and microsoft

  • does not use a counter to generate a code ( a counter make sure each generated code is unique

Hotp

  • one time password

  • secret key combined with a counter

  • the counter changes each time you authenticated

  • counter starts with 0 and works its way up

Static Code

  • credentials that remain unchanged

Authentication applications

  • an application that can be used for authentication (OTPs codes)

  • google authentication, duo

  • can be installed on smart phones, turning your device into a token generator

Crossover error rate (CER)

  • defines the overall accuracy of a biometric system

  • a point where the False Acceptance Rate (FAR) and the False Rejection Rate (FRR) are equal