The growth of remote distributed computing and the increasing use of the Internet to access corporate computers has created unprecedented opportunities for password theft.
Hackers can easily capture a remote user's password, compromising other network sites.
The server generates a challenge after receiving the clients login request. In response, the client generates the appropriate one-time password by combining the users personal pass phrase and a seed received in the challenge generated by the server. This one-time password is what is sent over the network to the server. The new Windows client has an extensive set of features to integrate with terminal emulators, dialers and Winsock, notes Anderson, so that in many cases a single click will allow the user to set up the connection to the corporate network, secure the connection, and pre-load a standard set of applications. Bellcore, headquartered in Morristown, NJ, is a leading provider of communications software, engineering, and consulting services based on world-class research.