Showing posts with label dual factor authentication. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dual factor authentication. Show all posts

Friday, December 12, 2008

Whaddaya know about dual factor authentication?

Probably not much, but you probably use authentication systems on a daily basis. A "factor" of dual factor authentication could be, for example, a password to verify your identity when logging into secured networks. When using dual factor authentication rather than a single factor, security is significantly enhanced. Other examples of factors are biometrics, where you are identified by your fingerprint or a scan of your eye, as well as other factors, such as "tokens" which are most commonly USB keys known as "dongles" in the geek slang world.