Authentication
- "A White Paper on Authentication and Access Management Issues in Cross-organizational Use of Networked Information Resources" Clifford Lynch, editor. CNI. (Revised Discussion Draft of April 14, 1998)
- W3C Security Resources
Includes links to a number of authentication pages from W3C including "The HTTP/1.0 Basic authentication scheme"
- Kerberos: The Network Authentication Protocol
"Kerberos is a network authentication protocol. It is designed to provide strong authentication for client/server applications by
- using secret-key cryptography. A free implementation of this protocol is available from the Massachusetts Institute of
- Technology. Kerberos is available in many commercial products as well."
- Guideline for the Use of Advanced Authentication Technology Alternatives (Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 190. 1994 September 28)
- "Implementation of JANET authentication and encryption services" by Andrew Young
- Common Authentication Technology (CAT) Working Group Home Page
- Authentication and Encryption Software (from NIH)
List and links to various software programs
- "User Authentication on the Web" by Allen S. Firstenberg
- DePaul Authentication Help Page
Example of a help page for end-users who run into authentication problems
- Proposal to Provide a Standardized WWW Authentication for the University. From North Carolina State University (Date: July 11, 1996)
- A University Common Authentication Project Information Resources & Communications DRAFT (University of California). July 1, 1997
Selected RFCs Related to Authentication
- RFC 1004: A Distributed-Protocol Authentication Scheme / D. L. Mills. - April 1987.
- RFC 1334: PPP Authentication Protocols / B. Lloyd, W. Simpson. - October 1992.
- RFC 1416: Telnet Authentication Option / D. Borman. - February 1993.
- RFC 1704: On Internet Authentication / N. Haller and R. Atkinson. - October 1994.
- RFC 2069: An Extension to HTTP : Digest Access Authentication / J. Franks, P. Hallam-Baker, J. Hostetler, P. Leach, A. Luotonen, E. Sink, L. Stewart - January 1997.
- RFC 2222: Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) / J. Myers - October 1997.
Steganography (Digital Watermarks)