Re: Sign On Authentication

From: Barry Margolin (barmar_at_alum.mit.edu)
Date: 08/16/05 

Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 20:04:39 -0400

In article <4nvjgbgv8n1b$.vvilhqg3q25z$.dlg@40tude.net>,
 Ari Silversteinn <abcarisilverstein@yahoo.comxyz> wrote:

> Is there a way to automatically authenticate a user, not the user's
> computer, when he logs in to a website? The reason for this is to validate
> that a multiple choice test that is taken was performed by Bob X and not by
> Charles Y in a distance learning application.
>
> No additional hardware can be used (such as fingerprint reader); there
> would have to be no reconfiguration of Bob's computer since Bob is
> incapable of performing any such task.
>
> If this is possible, then can Bob also be identified if using *any*
> computer not just his own.

Isn't this normally done with a username and password prompt? It can be
improved with token-based authentication like SecurID or Defender. 

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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