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the process of establishing the authenticity of a person or other entity. Not to be confused with authorization - defining access rights to resources.

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Why might an operating system require a restart after N failed login attempts?

I continually entered my password incorrectly whilst trying to login to Windows 11. I expected that after N failed attempts I would then start to see an increasing time delay after each subsequent att …
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