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RE: How to authentificate an user via telephon?
From: Art Tarsha <atarsha () totality com>
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 09:57:24 -0800
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 RSA-mobile utilizes cellphones, wireless devices, pagers etc, for 2-factor authentication that could be a viable solution depending on cost to implement and cost to manage. I would think it would cut down on calls regarding passwords if the user could do 2-factor authentication and change their own password or recover their password. Art - -----Original Message----- From: Marc Cuypers [mailto:m.cuypers () pandora be] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 9:45 AM To: security-basics () lists securityfocus com Subject: Re: How to authentificate an user via telephon?
Hello colleauges, imaging the following situation: User calls the helpdesk to reset/alter some kind of account-password (NT, RAS, PKI-PIN ...) and you has to determin wheter the user is the correct (owner of the account) user. What would you do to authentificate the users identity? What are good methodes to do this? It should be easy for the user but secure for the administration. Robert
Helpdesk calls user back at a known telephone number (could be a mobile number). Marc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0 (Build 294) Beta iQA/AwUBPe+Tg2A74hgoOiMoEQK5WQCbBxo2ERZ+hfmoJFk8z7IumSu9gxoAni85 pHAKhEU8UqmHnDA5uBYnvqGV =YnFN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Current thread:
- RE: How to authentificate an user via telephon?, (continued)
- RE: How to authentificate an user via telephon? Bent.Mathiesen (Dec 04)
- Re: How to authentificate an user via telephon? Torsten Mueller (Dec 05)
- Re: How to authentificate an user via telephon? Margles Singleton (Dec 04)
- RE: How to authentificate an user via telephon? Champion, Steve (Dec 04)
- RE: How to authentificate an user via telephon? Valter Santos (Dec 05)
- RE: How to authentificate an user via telephon? Brian Cook (Dec 05)
- RE: How to authentificate an user via telephon? Schuler, Jeff (Dec 05)
- RE: How to authentificate an user via telephon? McLaughlin, Bryan (Dec 05)
- AW: How to authentificate an user via telephon? Robert Sieber (Dec 05)
- RE: How to authentificate an user via telephon? Darryl W. Malcolm (Dec 05)
- RE: How to authentificate an user via telephon? Art Tarsha (Dec 05)
- Re: How to authentificate an user via telephon? Chris Berry (Dec 06)
- Re: RE: How to authentificate an user via telephon? Robert Sieber (Dec 06)
- RE: How to authentificate an user via telephon? mario . walter (Dec 06)
- RE: How to authentificate an user via telephon? Gary Turovsky (Dec 06)
- RE: How to authentificate an user via telephon? Mark Medici (Dec 06)
- RE: How to authentificate an user via telephon? Chris Berry (Dec 06)
- RE: How to authentificate an user via telephon? Bent.Mathiesen (Dec 04)