Glossary

•2FA - Two-factor authentication

•AD - Active Directory

•ADI - Active Directory Integration

•ADUC - Active Directory Users and Computers management interface

•ESA - ESET Secure Authentication On-Prem

•ESA component - Windows Login plugin, Remote Desktop plugin, Web App plugin, AD FS protection, RADIUS Server, Identity Provider Connector

•ESA core or AS - Authentication Server that verifies the validity of an typed OTP.

•ECP - Exchange Control Panel

•FQDN - Fully qualified domain name

•GPO - Group Policy Object

•IdP - Identity Provider

•MRK - Master recovery key

•Online (Online mode) - An ESA component is in online mode if it can contact the Authentication Server via TCP/IP connection, or if it is installed on the same machine as the Authentication Server.

•Offline (Offline mode) - An ESA component is in offline mode if it is not installed on the same machine as the Authentication Server and it cannot even contact the Authentication Server via TCP/IP connection.

•OS - Operating System.

•OTP - an one time password, either with limited time validity (time-based OTP) or without limited time validity (event-based OTP).

•OWA - Outlook Web Access

•Mobile Application Push - push notification with limited time validity

•RDP - Remote Desktop Protocol. A proprietary protocol developed by Microsoft which provides a user with a graphical interface to connect to another computer over a network connection.