challenge-handshake authentication protocol (CHAP)
Definition
Secure method of automatic internet login without filling in a password. CHAP provides greater security than the password authentication protocol in which the password is transmitted in text format.
challenge-handshake authentication protocol (CHAP) is in the Data Management, Communications, & Networks, E-Commerce, Information Science & Technology and Internet & World Wide Web subjects.
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