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Web Security: User Authentication and Access Control

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Learn the fundamentals of verifying user authenticity, best practices for managing passwords and user logins, and how to prevent unauthorized access to web pages and actions.

Syllabus

Introduction

Verify identity and access privileges

1. User Authentication

The importance of authentication
Authentication factors
Credentials
Multi-factor authentication
Pitfalls of multi-factor authentication
Biomertric authentication

2. Passwords

Password hashing
Brute force attacks
Speed and throttling
Dictionary attacks
Salted passwords
Strong passwords and password managers

3. Managing User Passwords

Password requirements
Password theft and reuse
Handle forgotten passwords

4. Access Control

Insecure references
Regulating access privileges
Cookies and sessions
Deny lists and geofilters
Single sign-on services

Conclusion

Next steps

Taught by

Kevin Skoglund

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