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Security credentials for a user
In computer systems, an access token contains the security credentials for a login session and identifies the user, the user's groups, the user's privileges, and, in some cases, a particular application. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Access tokenA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Smart contract token-based privacy-preserving access control system for industrial Internet of ThingsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: By the KingThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Guaranteeing synchronous message deadlines with the timed token medium access control protocolCited 105 times
- Go sideways: LoginA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Single sign-onA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun An object that describes the security context of a process or thread, such as the user's identity and privileges.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Guaranteeing synchronous message deadlines with the timed token medium access control protocol
A Local Communications Network Based on Interconnected Token-Access Rings: A Tutorial
Token-Based Access Control
Performance of Single Access Classes on the IEEE 802.4 Token Bus
Buzz-Net: A Hybrid Token/Random Access LAN
Some properties of timed token medium access protocols
Enhancing Microservices Security with Token-Based Access Control Method
Block Access Token Renewal Scheme Based on Secret Sharing in Apache Hadoop
🆕 Influential since 2022
Smart contract token-based privacy-preserving access control system for industrial Internet of Things
Recursive State Estimation for Nonlinear Cyber-Physical Systems Under Random Access Protocol: A Token Bucket Strategy
A Novel Distributed Token-Based Access Control Algorithm Using A Secret Sharing Scheme for Secure Data Access Control
Research on Adaptive Dynamic Access Control Model Based on Blockchain and Token
A 3-factor authentication access control system using RFID, fingerprint, token and code
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕By the KingEngland and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I). · 1625
IEEE standard for information technologyInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · 1991
The web application hacker's handbookDafydd Stuttard, Marcus Pinto · 2007
Experiencing JazzRichard J. Lawn · 2012
IEEE standards for local and metropolitan area networksInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Institute of Electrical · 1991
Information Technology-Telecommunications and Information Exchange Between Systems-Local and Metropolitan Area Networks-Specific RequirementsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · 1994
Smart cards, tokens, security and applicationsKeith E. Mayes, Konstantinos Markantonakis · 2008
Implementing email security and tokensSean H. Turner, Sean Turner · 2008
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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