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Means to confirm a user's identity
An authenticator is a means used to confirm a user's identity, that is, to perform digital authentication. A person authenticates to a computer system or application by demonstrating that he or she has possession and control of an authenticator. In the simplest case, the authenticator is a common password. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: AuthenticatorA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: A Novel Authentication Method That Combines Honeytokens and Google AuthenticatorInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Start with whyThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Achieving low-entropy secure cloud data auditing with file and authenticator deduplicationCited 42 times
- Go sideways: YubiKeyA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Client to Authenticator ProtocolA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun One who, or something which, authenticates, as: An app that uses applied cryptography to prove someone's identity to a network connection. A feature that shows something to be authentic. A person employed to check the accuracy and realism of a script.
Noun An app that uses applied cryptography to prove someone's identity to a network connection.
Noun A feature that shows something to be authentic.
Noun A person employed to check the accuracy and realism of a script.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Achieving low-entropy secure cloud data auditing with file and authenticator deduplication
Retraining a keystroke dynamics-based authenticator with impostor patterns
S-Vectors and TESA: Speaker Embeddings and a Speaker Authenticator Based on Transformer Encoder
Intrusion-resilient public cloud auditing scheme with authenticator update
Security analysis of the message authenticator algorithm (MAA)
Reversible Palm Vein Authenticator Design With Quantum Dot Cellular Automata for Information Security in Nanocommunication Network
GLANCE – Gravitational Lensing Authenticator using Non-modelled Cross-correlation Exploration of Gravitational Wave Signals
Contig-Layout-Authenticator (CLA): A Combinatorial Approach to Ordering and Scaffolding of Bacterial Contigs for Comparative Genomics and Molecular Epidemiology
🆕 Influential since 2022
A Novel Authentication Method That Combines Honeytokens and Google Authenticator
Holographic acoustic-signal authenticator
How Not to Handle Keys: Timing Attacks on FIDO Authenticator Privacy
Topology optimization of ionic organohydrogel tactile sensing for wearable authenticator
Enabling Parity Authenticator-Based Public Auditing With Protection of a Valid User Revocation in Cloud
📚 Books worth reading
Start with whySimon Sinek · 2009
The inspiration of the ScripturesFrancis Landey Patton · 1869
The Bible, its origin and natureDods, Marcus · 1905
Moral responsibility, authenticity, and educationIshtiyaque Haji · 2008- 📕Democracy and authenticityHoward H. Schweber · 2011
Authenticity as an Ethical IdealSomogy Varga · 2013
Sincerity and authenticityLionel Trilling · 1972- 📕Invitation to wholenessJoy Kaipan · 2009
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
🔗 Related topics
- YubiKey The YubiKey is a collection of hardware authentication devices manufactured by Yubico AB (Nasdaq Stockholm: YUBICO), a company founded in 2007 by Jakob…
- Client to Authenticator Protocol The Client to Authenticator Protocol (CTAP) enables a roaming, user-controlled cryptographic authenticator (such as a smartphone or a hardware security…
- WebAuthn Web Authentication (WebAuthn) is a web standard published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). It defines an API that websites use to authenticate with…
- Universal 2nd Factor Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) is an open standard that strengthens and simplifies two-factor authentication (2FA) using specialized Universal Serial Bus (USB)…
- Passkey A passkey, also known as security key, is a pair of cryptographic keys that is generated by a user's authenticator linked to an account to authenticate…
- Rublon Rublon MFA is a multi-factor authentication platform developed by Rublon sp. z o.o. that offers an extra layer of security for users logging into networks…
- Security token A security token is a peripheral device used to gain access to an electronically restricted resource. The token is used in addition to, or in place of…
- Passwordless authentication Passwordless authentication is an authentication method in which a user can log in to a computer system without entering (and having to remember) a password…