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SecurID Token System

SecurID Token system, introduced by RSA, is a popular form of two factor authentication that involves a small hand-held card distributed to users (Token), client software for a variety of systems and server software for centralized authentication and management. The card generates a stream of apparently unrelated numbers of fixed length (referred to as cardcodes). The client software consists of a modification to a host's authentication system so that it can communicate with an ACE/Server. The server is comprised of a daemon, a database, and software to administer both.

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