Chapter 15. Authentication

In this chapter

New Protocols

The Key Element of Authentication—the User!

The Windows 2000 Security Subsystem

The Logon Process

Understanding NTLM

The Risks of Using NTLM

Understanding SSL/TLS

In this chapter you will learn about authentication in the Windows 2000 environment. Authentication means different things to different people, but in the security business, it means one thing: proving you are who you say you are to a computer system or application. Two terms are used in concert to accomplish this, and they are identification, defining who you are, and authentication, proving who are you are. In most computer environments, this is accomplished through user accounts used to identify you and an associated password for ...

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