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Normalize CredentialsContainer.create() method (#33360)
* Normalize CredentialsContainer.create() method * Fix redirects * Update files/en-us/web/api/credentialscontainer/create/index.md * Update files/en-us/web/api/credentialscontainer/create/index.md * Update files/en-us/glossary/credential/index.md * Update files/en-us/web/api/credentialscontainer/create/index.md Co-authored-by: Hamish Willee <[email protected]> * Update files/en-us/web/api/credentialscontainer/create/index.md Co-authored-by: Hamish Willee <[email protected]> * Update groupdata * Add a better note about FederatedCredential being superseded * Remove incorrect note about create() being available only in the top-level browsing context * Add AbortError as an exception * Clarify that one credential type must be specified * Remove secure context header from credental init pages * Reword into para for credential init pages --------- Co-authored-by: Hamish Willee <[email protected]>
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| title: Authentication | ||
| slug: Glossary/Authentication | ||
| page-type: glossary-definition | ||
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| {{GlossarySidebar}} | ||
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| **Authentication** is in general the process of proving that some fact is genuine. More specifically, in web security, it is the process of verifying the claimed identity of some entity, such as a user. This then makes it possible to decide whether to grant the user the access that they are requesting, such as being signed into a particular account. | ||
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| Authentication is typically performed by having a user present a user identifier along with a {{glossary("credential")}}, such as a password, a one-time SMS code, or an assertion signed with a private key. The system then checks the binding between the user identifier and the credential, so it can decide whether or not to authenticate the user. | ||
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| Types of authentication information, also called _authentication factors_, are commonly presented in three categories: | ||
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| - Something the user knows, such as a password. | ||
| - Something the user has, such as a phone. | ||
| - Something the user is, such as a thumbprint. | ||
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| Multi-factor authentication (MFA) systems require the user to provide more than one factor: for example, a password combined with a one-time code sent to the user's phone. | ||
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| ## See also | ||
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| - {{rfc("4949", "Internet Security Glossary")}} |
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| title: Credential | ||
| slug: Glossary/Credential | ||
| page-type: glossary-definition | ||
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| {{GlossarySidebar}} | ||
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| A **credential** is an object which enables a system to make an {{glossary("authentication")}} decision: for example, to decide whether to sign a user into an account. | ||
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| In web security, types of credential include: | ||
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| - a password | ||
| - biometric data | ||
| - a token entered from a one-time SMS code | ||
| - the key used to make authentication assertions in a public-key system such as [Web Authentication](/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Authentication_API) | ||
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| The [Credential Management API](/en-US/docs/Web/API/Credential_Management_API) enables developers to create, store, and retrieve various types of credential. | ||
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| ## See also | ||
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| - {{rfc("4949", "Internet Security Glossary")}} |
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