What is authentication?
The process of checking if a user is allowed access to a service, access rights or privileges.
What two pieces of information are usually provided?
A username and password.
What are access rights or privileges?
The services accessed depending on a username and then confirmed by a password.
How are these assigned?
They are assigned by the network manager through the network settings.
What measures can be taken to make this method more secure?
Strong, periodically changed password containing multiple different categories of character.
Some users will have limited access to resources, such as read only privileges.