Overview#
WebAuthN is an Abbreviation of Web Authentication API.Some other user Abbreviations within WebAuthN:
- FIDO — Fast IDentity Online, or FIDO Alliance. is a consortium that develops secure, open, phishing proof, Passwordless Authentication standards. FIDO Protocol Family is a set of protocol that was developed by FIDO Alliance.
- UAF — Universal Authentication Framework
- U2F — Universal Second Factor
- FIDO2 - generally implies "Use any of the three protocols"
- CTAP — Client To Authenticator Protocols — A set of low level protocols to communicate with the WebAuthn Authenticators over the BLE/NFC/USB. CTAP family includes CTAP1 and CTAP2 protocols.
- CTAP1 — A formal name of U2F protocol.
- CTAP2 — A name for second version of the CTAP protocol. The main characteristic is use of CBOR for encoding structures, backwards compatibility with CTAP1(U2F), extensions and new attestation formats. Both CTAP1 and CTAP2 share same transport layer, so the version difference is mainly the structural.
- WebAuthN — A browser JavaScript API that describes an interface for creating and managing Public Key credentials.
More Information#
There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:- Best Practices Password
- CTAP2
- Client Device
- Client To Authenticator Protocol
- Clients
- Credential Management API
- Derived Credential
- FIDO Alliance
- FIDO Standards
- FIDO-CTAP
- FIDO2
- P-256
- Passwordless Authentication
- Platform Authenticator
- Public Key Credential
- RFC 8809
- Roaming Authenticator
- U2F
- U2F device
- User Verification Method
- Virtual Authenticator
- Web Authentication
- Web Authentication API
- WebAuthN
- WebAuthn Attestation
- WebAuthn Attestation Statement Format Identifier
- WebAuthn Authenticator
- WebAuthn Authenticator Model
- WebAuthn Extension Identifiers
- WebAuthn Registration
- WebAuthn-Registries
- What To Do About Passwords
- Windows Hello
