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HOTPin Glossary
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Active Directory group
Groups can be designated in the AD Synchronization feature to
automatically add, edit, or delete HOTPin user accounts.
Active Directory organizational unit
OUs can be designated in the AD Synchronization feature to automatically
add, edit, or delete HOTPin user accounts.
AD Synchronization
Manage HOTPin user accounts automatically by linking the user database to
AD. Also referred to as syncing.
authentication failure counter
A feature that tracks the number of unsuccessful login attempts.
Administrators set a maximum number of authentication failures (see
Configure System Settings), and a user account exceeding that number is
locked out from system access.
backup server
The backup server is part of the HOTPin High Availability feature. The
backup server pulls configuration information from a primary HOTPin server
to provide authentication service redundancy.
client software
An application that runs on a user device to generate the token codes
required for user authentication. The HOTPin Client is a client software
token application. It is abbreviated in the documentation as client software,
and may also be referred to as a soft token.
client software token application
The descriptive name of the client software. It is abbreviated in the
documentation as client software.
custom provider
See token provider.