What is Single Sign-On (SSO)? Single Sign-On (SSO) is an authentication scheme using which a user can log in to multiple applications with a single ID and password. For example, let’s say a user logs in to Gmail using his email address and password. Now, if the user...
What is NTML? NTLM is a suite of Microsoft security protocols that provide authentication, confidentiality, and integrity to users. It is a successor of Microsoft LAN Manager or LANMAN. NTLM combines the LAN Manager authentication protocol, NTLMv1, NTLMv2, and NTLM2...
What is Shibboleth? Shibboleth is an open-source software product that uses SAML to provide a common method of authentication and authorization to providers who are members of a common federation. In other words, Shibboleth is a federated identity management system...
A Faraday Cage is an enclosure that can block external electromagnetic fields. It is named after Michael Faraday, who invented it in 1836. In a previous article, we discussed air-gap malware. We mentioned that a Faraday cage can be used to prevent certain air gap...
What is NAT? Network Address Translation or NAT is a method using which IP addresses in a private network are mapped to public IP addresses. A large organization may have an internal network. All hosts in the internal network may not need public IP addresses. In that...
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