two-factor authentication

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The use of two independent mechanisms for authentication; for example, requiring a smart card and a password. The combination is less likely to allow abuse than either component alone. See authentication.

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No references found			One new class of two-factor authentication solutions has emerged, however, using telephones. Can the phone be a second factor in authenication? by Sarah Fender, VP product management, PhoneFactor / SC Magazine com VeriSign Inc (Nasdaq:VRSN) today confirmed that its VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) Access for Mobile solution is now available on an additional range of mobile devices, allowing large numbers of users to make use of its strong two-factor authentication capabilities. VeriSign authentication now compatible with more mobile devices by Worldwide Computer Products News A two-factor authentication system for use at the teller line has been rolled out by Open Solutions Inc. Open Solutions offers teller line authentication tool to reduce fraud by Rapport, Marc / Credit Union Times			two-bay cottage two-beam interference two-binary, one-quaternary two-body force Two-Body Problem two-by-four two-carrier theory two-centered arch two-coat work two-component model two-component neutrino theory two-cycle Two-Cycle Engine two-decision problem two-degrees-of-freedom gyro two-dimensional two-dimensional chromatography two-dimensional electron gas two-dimensional electron gas field-effect transistor two-dimensional flow two-dimensional gel electrophoresis Two-Dimensional Problem two-dimensional storage Two-Dimensional System Two-Division Primary Schools two-factor authentication two-family house two-fluid cell two-fluid model two-gap head Two-Headed Eagle two-hinged arch two-hit model two-hop transmission two-input subtracter two-layer ocean two-level mold two-level subroutine two-light window two-lip end mill Two-Notation Scores two-out-of-five code two-over-two two-part adhesive two-part code two-part experiment Two-Party System two-pass compiler two-person game two-phase two-phase alternating-current circuit			Two-Dimensional, Diffusion-Accelerated, Neutral Particle Transport two-dimensionality two-dimensionality two-dimensionally two-dimensionally Two-Division Primary Schools two-dollar broker Two-Dollar Brokers two-door two-eared two-edged two-edged sword Two-Electrode Voltage-Clamp Two-Electron Ionization Ladder Two-Electron Self-Consistent Field two-engined Two-Equations Two-Unknowns Two-eyed steak Two-eyed steak two-eyed violet two-faced two-faced two-faced two-facedly two-facedly two-facedly two-facedness two-facedness two-facedness Two-factor two-factor authentication Two-factor model Two-Failure Tolerance two-family house two-family house two-fisted two-fisted two-fluid cell Two-fluid model Two-fluid model two-fold Two-Fold Seal Dilution Two-foot two-footed Two-forked two-four two-four time Two-fund separation theorem two-gap head two-glass test two-grain spelt two-grained spelt two-grooved milk vetch Two-Group Classification Two-hand two-handed two-handed backhand two-handed saw

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