Back in 2022, Microsoft announced the retirement of Basic Authentication as it was moving to modern OAuth 2.0 token-based authentication. The reason was simple, to move away from such simple ...

Microsoft now wants to prevent private mail accounts, such as Outlook.com, from logging in with just a username and password. Microsoft wants to make logging into private email accounts, such as ...

There are many websites that have a login function because they provide different data for each user. However, users shouldn't really care about the 'authentication method' of the login function ...

Microsoft has announced that starting September 16, personal Outlook accounts will no longer support Basic Authentication (just usernames and passwords) in favor of Modern Authentication methods ...

Cryptographic ICs come with different features, protections, and algorithms, so it’s challenging for design engineers to get a good handle on choosing the right one Given today’s ongoing system ...

For various protocols, Microsoft has already removed Basic Authentication in Exchange Online. The timeline for SMTP is being postponed. So far, Microsoft has disabled simple username-password login ...

Knowing who someone is and whether they have the right to access specific information is at the heart of identity and access management (IAM), which oversees and manages access to sensitive data. But ...

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