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  2. OpenID - Wikipedia

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    The OpenID logo. OpenID is an open standard and decentralized authentication protocol promoted by the non-profit OpenID Foundation.It allows users to be authenticated by co-operating sites (known as relying parties, or RP) using a third-party identity provider (IDP) service, eliminating the need for webmasters to provide their own ad hoc login systems, and allowing users to log in to multiple ...

  3. Login - Wikipedia

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    Login. In computer security, logging in (or logging on, signing in, or signing on) is the process by which an individual gains access to a computer system or program by identifying and authenticating themselves. The user credentials are typically some form of a username and a password, [1] and these credentials themselves are sometimes referred ...

  4. Single sign-on - Wikipedia

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    Single sign-on. Single sign-on ( SSO) is an authentication scheme that allows a user to log in with a single ID to any of several related, yet independent, software systems. True single sign-on allows the user to log in once and access services without re-entering authentication factors. It should not be confused with same-sign on (Directory ...

  5. Apple ID - Wikipedia

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    Apple ID is a user account by Apple for their devices and software. Apple IDs contain the user's personal data and settings. When an Apple ID is used to log in to an Apple device, the device will automatically use the data and settings associated with the Apple ID. [1]

  6. Basic access authentication - Wikipedia

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    In the context of an HTTP transaction, basic access authentication is a method for an HTTP user agent (e.g. a web browser) to provide a user name and password when making a request. In basic HTTP authentication, a request contains a header field in the form of Authorization: Basic <credentials>, where <credentials> is the Base64 encoding of ID ...

  7. Identity provider - Wikipedia

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    An identity provider is “a trusted provider that lets you use single sign-on (SSO) to access other websites.”. [3] SSO enhances usability by reducing password fatigue. It also provides better security by decreasing the potential attack surface. Identity providers can facilitate connections between cloud computing resources and users, thus ...

  8. IShowSpeed - Wikipedia

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    IShowSpeed. Darren Jason Watkins Jr. (born January 21, 2005), known online as IShowSpeed or simply Speed, is an American YouTuber and rapper. He is best known for his variety of livestreams, in which he primarily plays video games, including FIFA, Fortnite, and Roblox . Watkins registered his channel "IShowSpeed" in 2017, primarily posting ...

  9. User-Agent header - Wikipedia

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    User-Agent header. In computing, the User-Agent header is an HTTP header intended to identify the user agent responsible for making a given HTTP request. Whereas the character sequence User-Agent comprises the name of the header itself, the header value that a given user agent uses to identify itself is colloquially known as its user agent ...