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Authentication    Precautions   Ease of Use Considerations
Authentication Points   User Validation Authentication for Remote Access
Password Protection   Location Validation and Call Level Security
Accounting   Firewalls

User Validation Authentication for Remote Access

There are several ways to ensure user validation for remote access systems. Password features such as expiration, grace logins, and allowing users to change personal passwords can provide flexibility to both users and administrators. Integrating security features with your remote access system provides ease of management and simplicity, allows for configuration from a single location, and helps eliminate the possibility of security loopholes. Organizations can also fortify validation through token-based authentication mechanisms. These protection schemes are discussed later in this white paper.

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