A device used in network access control. An authentication server stores the usernames and passwords that identify the clients logging in, or it may hold the algorithms for token access (see ...

The Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) is a set of application program interfaces (APIs) that can determine the identity of a user or computer attempting to run Java code and ensure ...

The first factor is validated by the server, which compares the supplied login and password to its database to see if they match. The first authentication factor is confirmed if the credentials ...