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Authentication is commonly understood as the act of asserting a user's or entity's identity, although in the wider sense it can refer to asserting the truthfulness of any kind of claim. Authentication, like encryption, is a major component in implementing computer security.

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Digest Authentication - how is it used? [closed]

I understand a bit about digest authentication from here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digest_access_authentication, but I am pretty unclear on where, when or how it is used. I can't find anything on ...
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missing configuration in apache to achive mutual SSL authentcaion [migrated]

After implementing a Mutual Certificate Authentication with OpenSSL and Apache Web Server on CentOS platform. I tried this scenario ( see this diagram ): ---------- ...
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How to determine the sequence of ordering certificates by browser?

I did a Mutual Certificate Authentication implementation with OpenSSL and Apache Web Server on CentOS platform. To simple explanation see this diagram: ---------- | ...
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Asking for user's 3rd party username/password like Facebook's Find Friends feature

Preface Facebook and other sites have features where they ask users for their credentials for 3rd party web sites (see image below). Presumably, facebook then uses the credentials to login as the ...
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SSPI Apache2.2 Windows Authentication

I am trying to set up seamless authentication on windows for my intranet site, using SSPI on Apache 2.2 and windows 2008 server. I have installed mod_auth_sspi.so in apache/bin. I have also added the ...
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Limit Joomla user login sessions

I am testing a Joomla installation for making a commercial website where you pay for accessing content. I just found out that it is possible to login from two different computers at the same time into ...
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File delivery through site [closed]

At work we have a simple HTML5 site but recently I have wanted to learn how to add a file delivery solution with username/password access for clients. This is somewhat out of my design area but I ...
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Capitals in URL subdirectory not changed by htaccess

Within my WordPress website I am redirecting sub directories to internal and external links. Now, when you place a CAPITAL letter in the sub dir it does not work anymore and the website does not show ...
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Can I create test accounts in Google for testing Oauth in my application?

My app contains Sign in from Google function that uses Oauth. To test it I'd want to create test accounts at Google. But Google doesn't allow me to create ordinary accounts without entering captcha so ...
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Single Sign on across Websites

I have three different websites that I run on three distinct top level domains. I would like to be able to have users log into any one of them and then be automatically logged into all three. As an ...
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How do I do this? [closed]

Yesterday I visited the site. http://www.rottentomatoes.com After a few clicks, If Opened My facebook account, me, will immediately become a member. How it works? Document, the article I'm looking ...
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How to allow Google to index protected content?

I'm working on my site and as it require users to log in it will be hard to Google to index the sites, because to see 90% of the content you have to be online. So I've made a script which looks for ...
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How to log username in Apache logs?

I need some help regarding how to log the user-name into apache logs. I'm building a use-case for Security Information Event Management. Is the method the same in case of IIS or just applicable to ...
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Facebook oAuth - sharing ideas, tips and tricks [closed]

this is not a problem fixing post, but would be a reference for me and hope for others, cause i would like to know what i can do with oAuth and Facebook in terms of sharing, posting, invite, list ...
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Why can't my user (author) login from back-end to post article in Joomla

I have just created a new user from my administrator back-end. I have assigned this user to groups like author and publisher. But this user can't seem to login to the admin screen to create articles. ...
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How do I password protect a directory with a customizable login page?

At the moment, I have a directory that's password protected by .htaccess and .htpasswd. The problem with this is that when a visitor comes to my site, they get an ugly inbuilt Secure Area message ...
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How to maintain unique user per paid account in a website with given set of Email ID and password?

For a website, there is a free and a paid membership option. Once the user pays some amount he gets a membership for a month for additional products that are not in the free account on the website. ...
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Basic Login system with PHP/Javascript [closed]

Forgive me in advance if I posted this in the wrong area. I don't know where this should go, and unless I am completely missing what kind of system this is called, I can't find something quite like ...
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How to prove someone is a Realtor on my website

My boss would like me to have some sort of a "login" for Realtors. The point is to have a certain portion of the site only available to Realtors. Initially he thought we could check their name and ...
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How to authenticate IRC account with a website server? [closed]

I want to place IRC chat applet on my server, the thing is I want to authenticate users just as I would with any Ajax chat script - making it impossible to steal other nicks. For this I'm looking for ...
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Which social sign-in (Google, twitter, fb, etc) is most often used (if I could only choose one, which would statistically retain the most users)?

I am working with a startup which is about to do its launch in maybe 2-3 weeks. In order to see the primary features of the site, the user has to register or sign in if they have already registered. ...
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Combining a content management system with ASP.NET

I am going to be creating a site that seems like it requires a blend of a content management system (CMS) and some custom web development (which is done in ASP.NET MVC). I have plenty of web ...
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How to hide the admin login form?

In my website there are no accounts except for those of moderators and administrators. That's why I don't want to show the login form to everyone but to these people. I thought of using a weird URL ...
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How does Lastpass recognize actual login?

We are currently working on simple school project using Codeigniter where we need login page. It would be very useful if Lastpass could recognise and save logins. We have several accounts with ...
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Password protected website

I need to add a user authentication page before the actual homepage of the website. In Joomla! I just set the website offline and the offline page loads in place of the homepage but then it's ...
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How to include content from remote server while keeping that content secure

I am hosting collection of videos, for which I retain the copyright, on a file server that I'd like to share with family and friends. When a user visits my file server via a web browser they are ...
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FB login and privacy policy

I'm bulding up a site, where the ONLY ONE method for log in, is the fb login button. Now i'm wondering if i need to make users check and read the my own site's privacy and policy before and accept ...
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Open source login solution

Authentication is such a general problem, which most websites have to implement. There are a few commercial solutions, but all lack sufficient functionality to customize the registration process. ...
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Good idea to use Google Sites for static content and custom PHP for dynamic

We have a site based upon Google Sites. Now we would like to create a login area (HTTPS) with a mixture of dynamic and static content. Is it a good idea to utilize Google Sites and use iFrames for the ...
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getting the user back where they came from with mod_form_auth

Using the mod_form_auth module in Apache HTTPD 2.4.3, I am looking for a way to have the user redirected to their original desired target after completing a login. That is, if I have a <Location ...
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SIMPLEST way to set up password protection for a static site, with basic admin UI?

I have a static site. I would like the simplest approach to password protecting a directory, with a basic admin UI for adding/removing users. I will have so few users that I don't care about ...
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Use Outlook password for website verification

I am currently building an internal employee dashboard for our global company (it is hosted on an external website for logistical reasons) I'd like (need) to password protect the page as we will be ...
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Password protect an alias virtual directory

I have a main domain being hosted through CPanel. I also have a sub-domain that I would like to appear as a path under the main domain instead of as a sub-domain. So I have: http://example.com/ ...
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Are there any other login products similar to LoginRadius?

I'm thinking of using LoginRadius social site login/registration solution to integrate with traditional login/registration system. Has anyone ever used it and have any opinion about its performance ...
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Auto Login Problem [closed]

I finally found my balance in getting auto login using cookie but I encountered a problem. Whenever I test the login with auto login checked. I close the browser and reopen it to test if it works. The ...
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My cPanel login is being redirected. How can I resolve this?

I'm trying to get to cPanel to manage my website. When I type www.mydomain.com:2082 into the browser window, the request seems to be redirected. I made a screen-cast so I could slow down the changes ...
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How to create email request forms and auto-responder?

I'm building a site in css and I'm pretty new to any code or script other than html and css. I'm trying to create a landing page that requires an email from visitors and set up an auto responder to ...
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Avoid the login popup when using http-auth

I have an Apache. Under the DOCUMENTROOT is a folder with an .htpasswd file for http-auth. If I open the browser and request the content in the folder I get an Popup to login. Is there a way to avoid ...
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Search Engine, Public Facing Game

I run an online game. The only pages one can access without an account are the homepage, register, lost password, contact me. If I were to make more of my pages public, and add links to them from the ...
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Drupal node access for anonymous users

I've never used Drupal before so this may be something that can easily be remedied, and that would be awesome. My problem is that a block, containing node information can't be viewed by anonymous ...
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Different behaviour with windows authentication on IIS7 websites

I need to run a website with just windows authentication. Given the following situation: The location of the default website is: c:\inetpub\wwwroot The location of my code is: c:\Sites\WebApp My ...
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Digest access authentication “realm”

I have attempted to find documentation on what this actually is with no luck. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digest_access_authentication The hashed value is username:realm:password.
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Login script with member area/user

Is there a free script which I can use to: Share some PDF with my partners. But i need the user to reach only those PDFs which they have privileges for. So I need: login script with registration (i ...
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Can I use both Digest and Basic Authentication on the same directory in Apache?

The reason I would want to do this is to support very old browsers (e.g. IE 6) that does not implement the more secure Digest method. If all new clients advertise the types of authentication they ...
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Using Public Key Authentication for websites

I know GitHub uses it for code development (not user authentication for the website though). I saw this article on the idea: ...
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htaccess and htpasswd trouble

This is the first time that I have ever tried working with .htpasswd and .htaccess files, so please point out my childish works. I have my apache document root set to /www/ on my debian server. ...
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How to avoid basic authentication warning when using protected directory?

I used cpanel on my hosted site to set up a password protected directory to allow downloads of specific files. I send people a link to the file by email and include their username and password so ...
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Is it generally a good idea to allow the reuse of old usernames from deleted accounts?

On a Social Networking site, is it generally a good idea to allow the reuse of old usernames from deleted accounts, or is it better to prohibit their reuse forever? How do the big boys do it ...
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Apache authentication, security exceptions and safari

I have apache authentication set up on a site, it works fine in firefox and chrome, you type in the username/pass once and then you can happily visit any page on the site. Unfortunately this is not ...
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Fix Login issues tapatalk with joomla 1.5 to phpbb3 bridge [closed]

I have a forum that I want to integrate tapatalk into. Everything works except when I login I get the following error message: http://vps.Midnightfox.be/imagehost/issue_phpbb3bridge.jpg Does anybody ...

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