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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articlesavailable from Wikipedia or other free sources online. In computing, theChallenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) authenticates a useror network host to an authenticating entity. That entity may be, forexample, an Internet service provider. CHAP provides protection againstplayback attack by the peer through the use of an incrementally changingidentifier and of a variable challenge-value. CHAP requires that boththe client and server know the plaintext of the secret, although it isnever sent over the network. Microsoft has implemented a variant of theChallenge-handshake authentication protocol, called MS-CHAP, which doesnot require either peer to know the plaintext. …