Authentication and Access Rights

Which of these actions can be assigned as permissions in most OS?

• overwrite

• write

• modify

• read

• execute

................. is the process of confirming the identity of a user.

The best approach is to give users as many rights as possible and scale back if there a problems later.

• true

• false

Passphrases are better than passwords.

• true

• false

What advise would you give on choosing a secure password?

• Use the same password for everything

• Longer passwords are best

• Use different kinds of characters

• Write your passwords in a notebook

Using an eye scan or fingerprint as an authentication method is known as .............

Two factor authentication requires .....

• Drop down boxes for entering passwords

• Only 2 characters of a password

• A secure password

• A code sent to another device