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Last Update : June 7, 2011
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| Universal Identification |
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Identification and Authentication System in NetAlter
A through thought process went towards the development of identification and
authentication system of NetAlter. Universal Identification is seriously
important in today's unsecured environment. A single ID to access multitude of
application and service gateways is a must. Though supporters of multiple IDs
state that, it is unsafe to have a single ID that can be hacked and then used to
access multiple accounts; it is quite difficult for end users to create equally
secured multiple passwords for their IDs as the user ends up assigning the same
password to the multiple IDs.
Secured Environment to Access a Service or an Application
NetAlter provides the user with the option to either tag their NetAlter System
Access ID to the application or service or create a different Access ID for the
same. The goal being uniqueness of the operation of the NetAlter system with
respect to the user and computing device, the single ID may be tagged to the
computing devices system ID or to the user's biometric fingerprint etc. If
anyone manages to steal the user ID and password, it will still not function on
a different computing device with the user combination. NetAlter would offer the
end user a choice between single ID and multiple access IDs. The single ID is
the same as the one used to authenticate and access the NetAlter System. Once a
user logs into the NetAlter System, it offers a secured environment from which
the user can access a variety of applications and services. These may require
the user to provide an access ID and password.
Comparatively more Robust Security to End User
NetAlter System ID authentication process provides more robust security to the
end user. The NetAlter System ID would internally tag the access to the
application or the service. Access to the applications, services and data from
multiple locations using the same access ID would be made possible by NetAlter
by tagging their NetAlter System Access ID to their biometric profile and
authentication using a biometric or similar other device. Data portability is
made available by offer to host the data on a web server or synchronizing data
with the store in other devices.
A clear example here is that a NetAlter user wants to access his or her emails
(which is stored locally on their office or home desktop) from a mobile
computing device.
- For this, the user has to install the NetAlter Service Browser on the mobile
computing device and register the same and apply the same NetAlter System Access
ID.
- Next, the user has to either keep the Office or home desktop (where the email
folders are located) online or synchronize the email folders with an online
storage service in NetAlter which is only accessed by the users NetAlter System
Access ID.
- The user can then log on to the mobile computing device and access the email on
their home/office computer.
- This is an example of using the same access ID for multiple devices and
applications/services.
- In case the user wants to maintain multiple access IDs for different devices and
applications/services then too the user can access multiple resources from
multiple devices by simply forming a personal network in NetAlter and providing
full access to the different access IDs.
- This system though offering more mobility would not offer the same security
protection as the single access ID.
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