Netgear FVS318N – Prosafe Wireless N VPN Firewall Manual De Referencia

example of two-factor authentication is a bank (ATM) card that has been issued by a bank 
institute: 

The PIN to access your account is something you know.

The ATM card is something you have.

You need to have both of these factors to gain access to your bank account. Similar to the 
way ATM cards work, access to the corporate networks and data can also be strengthened 
using a combination of multiple factors such as a PIN and a token (hardware or software) to 
validate the users and reduce the incidence of online identity theft.

NETGEAR has implemented two two-factor authentication solutions from WiKID. WiKID is 
the software-based token solution. So instead of using only Windows Active Directory or 
LDAP as the authentication server, administrators now can use WiKID to perform two-factor 
authentication on NETGEAR SSL and VPN firewall products.

The WiKID solution is based on a request-response architecture where a one-time passcode 
(OTP), which is time-synchronized with the authentication server, is generated and sent to 
the user after the validity of a user credential has been confirmed by the server.

The request-response architecture is capable of self-service initialization by end users, 
dramatically reducing implementation and maintenance costs. 

Here is an example of how WiKID works:

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Launch the WiKID token software, enter the PIN that has been provided (something the 
user knows), and click Continue to receive the OTP from the WiKID authentication 
server:

A one-time passcode (something the user has) is generated.