Top "Authentication" questions

Authentication is the process of providing a proof of identity or verifying identity.

Security of REST authentication schemes

Background: I'm designing the authentication scheme for a REST web service. This doesn't "really" need to be secure (it's more …

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How do I connect to mongodb with node.js (and authenticate)?

How do I connect to mongodb with node.js? I have the node-mongodb-native driver. There's apparently 0 documentation. Is it something …

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ASP.NET Forms Authentication failed for the request. Reason: The ticket supplied has expired

I am getting this error many times in the event log and users are logged out. Event code: 4005 Event message: …

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PHP Swift mailer: Failed to authenticate on SMTP using 2 possible authenticators

When I send an email with the PHP Swift mailer to this server: smtp.exchange.example.com like this: // Load …

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JWT refresh token flow

I'm building a mobile app and am using JWT for authentication. It seems like the best way to do this …

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Authentication issues with WWW-Authenticate: Negotiate

I am trying to access a site that is password protected. It is not using basic authentication (even though the …

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Determine Domain and username used to map a network drive

Using Windows 7 Enterprise with SP1, but I'm hoping to get a generic answer that would apply to Windows XP/2003/2008/Vista/7. …

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user authentication libraries for node.js?

Are there any existing user authentication libraries for node.js? In particular I'm looking for something that can do password …

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