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Busy Airport Becomes an Agile, Secure, Unified Enterprise With Sun Portal and Communication Products: Athens International Airport has established a reputation as one of the most efficiently run airports in the world. Handling around 1.2 million passengers a month, the airport depends on state-of-the-art technology to ensure safe, efficient operations. The company wanted to improve airport communication and information access; cut data center costs...; Tags: User Authentication, Sun Microsystems Inc., Airport, Single Sign-on, Athens International Airport, Portals, Authentication/Encryption, Web Technology, Data Centers, Internet, Security, Storage, Hardware, Data Management; Case studies 2007-12-01
Best Practices in Authentication and Access Control: User authentication is necessary for identity based access control, and 802.1X clearly promises to meet this need. 802.1X has been around for a number of years and has been proposed as the user authentication solution for both wired and wireless LANs. This paper describes 802.1X and its role in pre-connect...; Tags: User Authentication, IEEE 802.1X, Access Control, Best Practice, Authentication, Nevis Networks, Wi-Fi, Wireless; White papers 2007-08-08
Securely manage user sessions and create strong user authentication tokens in ASP.NET: Investigate threats to your Web application code in Hacking the Code: ASP.NET Web Application Security, then consider a menu of solutions, coding considerations and examples, and security policies for every defined threat. In this chapter download from the book, learn how to securely manage user sessions and how to create...; Tags: User Authentication, Microsoft ASP.NET, Chapter Coverage, .Net, Middleware, Security, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software; Book chapters 2007-08-03
IENav (exe): We are happy to introduce to your attention most powerful Internet tool for download pages from Web sites with any kind of custom form of user authentication. Description: Download Web site pages after any kind of custom form with user authentication. Recreate Web site folder structure. Pass any password form...; Tags: User Authentication, Web, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing; Software downloads 2007-07-12
More on ending SPAM: Number five in my top five VC proposals Id like to write blog from a few weeks ago was a proposal on ending SPAM. Frequent contributor CobraA1 challenged me on this: Youll have to explain this in detail - Im not sure I see...; Tags: General, Enterprise Policy; Blog posts 2006-11-08

Quantum Time Clock (msi): A complete solution for your time record keeping and punch clock needs. User authentication ensures accurate time keeping, saving your company money by avoiding buddy punching. Supports any serial input device such as a proximity key card reader, barcode card reader or users can clock in using username and password....; Tags: User Authentication, Payroll, GUI, Quantum Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance; Software downloads 2006-11-08
Print Manager Plus Standard (EXE): Print Manager Plus is superior print management software that allows you to track user and printer usage as well as cut wasted budget dollars resulting from uncontrolled, irresponsible printing. It limits printer wear and tear as well as paper and toner use.Version 6.0 now offers increased reporting and user authentication...; Tags: User Authentication, Software Shelf International, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals; Software downloads 2005-11-09
Build safer Web applications with these advanced user authentication and session security techniques: This sample chapter, taken from Sams' Advanced PHP Programming discusses how to implement the necessary statefulness to your Web protocol. HTTP, the Web protocol by which browsers and Web servers communicate, is stateless. Learn how to implement the necessary statefulness so that Web applications can authenticate users.This...; Tags: Technique, User Authentication, Sams Publishing, Web Application, Authentication, Security; Book chapters 2005-10-19
Spam, phishing and other trash transmissions: One Nick FitzGerald, a long time PC security researcher, has been making the news lately with a paper dedicated to the proposition that user authentication isn't all that effective as a means of stopping spam, phishing, and other forms of junk TCP/IP transmissions. Here's the summary provided by Virus Bulletin:...; Tags: router; Blog posts 2005-10-11
Biometric User Authentication: Fingerprint Sensor Product Evaluation Summary: This paper provides a summary list of biometric fingerprint sensor products that adhere to published recommendations established in the "Intel Biometric User Authentication Fingerprint Sensor Product Guidelines". The need to improve the authentication mechanisms allowing access to the user's notebook PC as well as resources of wired and wireless connections...; Tags: User Authentication, Biometric Fingerprint, Fingerprint Sensor, Intel Corp., Notebooks, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets; White papers 2005-02-01
Configuring an AIX Client System for User Authentication and Management Through LDAP: This paper focuses on configuring AIX systems as clients of directory servers, both IBM Directory servers and third party LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol servers, to provide readers with a complete picture of how to configure and exploit the AIX LDAP security solution. AIX first implemented a LDAP security load...; Tags: User Authentication, IBM AIX, Client System, LDAP, Directory Services, UNIX, Operating Systems, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2003-03-24
Case for Strong User Authentication: This white paper will describe authentication types, problems, surrounding business controls and methods, the difference between authentication and strong user authentication, why strong user authentication is needed, and ways to use strong user authentication.; Tags: User Authentication, Authentication; White papers
Reducing Password Security Risks: This Novell white paper describes a variety of security risks associated with password-protecting enterprise systems and applications, and explains what you can do to bolster the security of your user authentication processes. Find out how the single sign-on capabilities built into Novell's Nsure SecureLogin solution enable businesses to reduce help...; Tags: User Authentication, Novell Inc., Password, Single Sign-on, Authentication/Encryption, Help Desk, Security, It Operations; White papers
Meetinghouse Data Communications Case Study: Georgia College & State University: Georgia College & State University (GC&SU) has a history of using innovative technological solutions to deliver education and informational service to its students, staff, faculty and community. With students commonly using laptop computers, there existed the opportunity to deliver ubiquitous and unfettered campus-wide computing services based on the 802.11 wireless...; Tags: User Authentication, Meetinghouse, Security, Wireless; Case studies
Create Custom Login Experiences With Credential Providers for Windows Vista: Windows Vista offers developers many new opportunities for integrating with the platform. The new Credential Provider model represents one of the most dramatic changes, making it much easier to implement new user authentication scenarios that are supported by the OS. This has replaced the GINA Graphical Identification and Authentication model-a...; Tags: User Authentication, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Authentication, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software; White papers
Internet Company Provides Integrated User Authentication for 400,000 Concurrent Users: Skyrocketing growth prompted CJ Internet, a Seoul-based Internet gaming company, to reassess its authentication solution for its 23 million subscribers. The company improved its hardware infrastructure and upgraded to Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems and used Active Directory service for user authentication. The solution enabled CJ...; Tags: User Authentication, Internet; Case studies
Bulwark Systems Case Study: Delhi Public School (Varanasi): Delhi Public School, India is among the premier educational societies engaged in imparting education at school level in India. Although its name suggests otherwise, it is not localized or limited to Delhi region. School Management wants to provide the latest technologies including computer systems and access to the internet and...; Tags: Internet Access, India, User Authentication, School, New Delhi, Intrusion Prevention, Productivity, Security; Case studies

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Geek Sheet: A Tweaker's Guide to Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Linux: Is 20th century conventional Winchester multi-platter, multi-head random-access disk technology too quaint for you? Want to run your PC or server on storage devices that consume far less energy than the traditional alternatives? Want a portable or mobile storage unit that will never fail due to G-forces or "crashing?". Looking...; Tags: Linux, Disk, File System, Solid State Disk, Mandrake, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Appearance: PPUG meets tomorrow in Philly: If you're in the Philadelphia area I'd like to invite you to attend the Philadelphia PowerBook User Group PPUG meeting tomorrow at the Manayunk Brewery and Restaurant. We meet from 12 noon to 3pm over lunch and fine local beer. Want to debate my theory on...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Philadelphia, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-25
iPhone gas application roundup: On 18 June 2008 I published my iPhone app wishlist and I'm happy that most of my most requested applications have been released (Thank you Texas Hold'Em!). Two my most request applications dealt with fuel, specifically a fuel economy tracker and a cheap gas finder. Several iterations...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Vehicle, MPG, AccuFuel, Gas Finder, Roi/Tco, GPS, 3G, Handhelds, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Cellular Phones, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-25