If you’re running a web service where your users have to authenticate, one of your options will probably be the classic password authentication. The user provides a term that uniquely identifies it, probably a user name or an email address, and a secret only known by the two involved parties, your service and the user. By presenting the correct secret both parties agreed upon when the user account was created, the user can prove his identity to the web service. Weiterlesen
Secure Password Authentication
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