{"id":16367,"date":"2019-09-23T12:15:37","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T20:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2019\/09\/23\/news-10108\/"},"modified":"2019-09-23T12:15:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T20:15:37","slug":"news-10108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2019\/09\/23\/news-10108\/","title":{"rendered":"The Seven Young Goats and multifactor authentication"},"content":{"rendered":"

Credit to Author: Nikolay Pankov| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 08:20:33 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our ancestors may not have had computers, but they certainly knew a thing or two about keeping children safe. We’ve already used Little Red Riding Hood<\/em><\/a> as a guide to explaining Man-in-the-Middle<\/a> attacks, handshakes<\/a>, and phishing<\/a>. Now let’s talk about two-factor authentication (2FA) and biometric security. This time, we’ll use a somewhat less-known fairy tale called The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats<\/h2>\n

The concept of authentication is clearly illustrated in the fairy tale The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats<\/a><\/em>. For those unfamiliar with the tale, it involves a family of goats consisting of a mother and seven youngsters. When the mother leaves to get food, she tells her children not to let in the wolf (who will eat them) and teaches them to recognize the differences in their voices and fur color. She leaves and the wolf knocks on their door. Learning from the children that his voice is too low, he alters it to trick them into thinking he’s their mother. The young goats remember, then, to look under the door and see the wolf’s dark, furry feet. Again, they refuse him entry. The wolf then disguises his feet, dusting them with flour to make them look white, like the mother goat’s. Ultimately, the young goats are convinced (and eaten). This video recounts the whole tale:<\/p>\n