Zephin Livingston is a former staff reviewer at Forbes Advisor, specializing in testing and reviewing privacy and security software, like VPNs, antivirus software, password managers and more. Zephin ...

– L2TP over IPsec: User authentication by MS-CHAP v2 password, two-factor token, certificate, machine authentication by shared secret or certificate. macOS can also use Kerberos machine authentication ...

I have setup a VPN connection between an OS X 10.7.4 client and OS X 10.8.2 server that sporadically fails with a "pppd: MS-CHAP authentication failed" client log entry. The server reports "CHAP peer ...

A white paper from a U.K. security consulting firm is a handy item to download if you are considering IPSec VPNs, because it offers some sound advice on setting up a secure VPN regardless of what ...

Learn how IP lookup, reputation checks, VPN detection, and risk-based MFA strengthen enterprise authentication and prevent fraud.

We need 2-factor authentication on our VPN servers. We used Duo for 2-factor on our apps. We have a lot of Linux users. Several leading VPN providers do not integrate with Linux (e.g. VPN secure does ...

Cisco says that a new authentication bypass flaw affecting multiple small business VPN routers will not be patched because the devices have reached end-of-life (EoL). This zero-day bug (CVE-2022-20923 ...

Seven Windows authentication paths bypass MFA protections, enabling credential attacks through AD, NTLM, Kerberos, RDP, SMB, and service accounts.