!!! Overview 
A [{$pagename}] (or [Passphrase], [Passcode], [Passkey], [PIN]) is a [Token] which is a [credential] that a claimant typically memorizes and uses for [Authentication] typically of a [Digital Identity].

A password is considered a [Knowledge Factor] ([Something You Know]) as an [Authentication Factors]

A [Password] is a [secret] value that may be utilized to provide [Authentication] in [Password Authentication].

[{$pagename}] are typically character strings, however some systems use a number of images that the subscriber memorizes and must identify when presented along with other similar images.

Despite the name, there is no need for passwords to be actual words. [{$pagename}] which are not actual words may be harder to guess, a desirable property. 

The terms [Passcode] and [Passkey] are sometimes used when the secret information is purely numeric, such as the personal identification number [PIN] commonly used for ATM access. Some passwords are formed from multiple words and may be referred to as a [Passphrase].

We will refer to any of these which are all generally [{$pagename}]s of one form or another:
* [{$pagename}]
* [Passcode]
* [PIN]
* [Passphrase]
* [Passkey]
* [Password Token]
All are a secret value that may be utilized to provide [Authentication] in some [Authentication Methods].

A [Password] is a secret value that may be utilized to provide [proof of identity|Authentication] in some [Authentication Method].  In particular, a password is used in:
* [Simple Authentication]
* [CRAM-MD5 SASL Mechanism]
* [DIGEST-MD5]
* [PLAIN SASL Mechanism] [SASL] mechanisms.

The security that a password provides is based entirely on the fact that only the password's owner [knows|Knowledge Factor] the password value.  If someone else learns a user's password through some means, then that third party can [impersonate|Impersonation] that user and may be able to perform any operation available to that user.

Most [LDAP Server Implementations] provides a number of [Password Policy] features that can be used to help ensure that passwords are not discovered by third-party individuals (e.g., helping to ensure that users aren't allowed to use weak passwords, providing protection against brute-force attacks, requiring authentication attempts and [password Changes] from being performed in a secure manner, etc.), but nevertheless [{$pagename}]s are often considered weaker forms of protection than other [Authentication Methods] like [certificates].

!! [Password Management]
One of the issues with using [{$pagename}]s is [Password Management].

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