What is Authentication Systems?
Authentication is the actual process of deciding if someone or something is, who or what is declared to be.
Actually, authentication has introduced an authorization, however, it might seem to be same. The two terms are eventually used one or the same but they are two unalike processes.
In other words, it is a process where, the credentials offered are compared to files in a database which have authorized users' information on a local OS or within the authentication server. If the credentials matches, the process is finished and the user is granted the authorization to access te data.
Benefits:-
- Minimal involvement has been required from the end users.
- No further hardware is required.
- Can be managed easily from anywhere.
Features:-
- As they are frequently altered, dynamically generated codes are usually safer to use than the fixed login information.
- It is relatively easy to configure and also it is very user friendly.
- The option to mention the permitted number of incorrect entries decreases the risk of attacks by any of the unauthorized persons.