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Authentication is successfully validating that an entity you are communicating with is actually who they claim to be. The entity typically demonstrates who they are by showing they possess a secret that only they could know.

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Cryptography used for login and signing transactions

My bank uses a smartcard reader (separate module not connected to the computer) as depicted below: When I need to log into my account it provides me with a challenge and I need to provide some deta …
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What is sent on the initial communication with Kerberos?

It encrypts the time with the hash of the password, called long term key, so you get : $$Ks(Hp(t), username)$$
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What is sent on the initial communication with Kerberos?

Something which is not clear to me: Will she send a message containing time username hash of password generated with the session key of the kerberos client and authentication server? …
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