An authentication protocol is a type of cryptographic protocol with the purpose of authenticating entities wishing to communicate securely.
There are many different authentication protocols such as:
- AKA
- CAVE-based_authentication
- Challenge-handshake authentication protocol (CHAP)
- CRAM-MD5
- Diameter
- Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
- Host Identity Protocol (HIP)
- Kerberos
- MS-CHAP and MS-CHAPv2 variants of CHAP
- LAN Manager
- NTLM, also known as NT LAN Manager
- Password-authenticated key agreement protocols
- Password Authentication Protocol (PAP)
- Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP)
- RADIUS
- Secure Remote Password protocol (SRP)
- TACACS and TACACS+
- RFID-Authentication Protocols
- Woo Lam 92 (protocol)
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