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The NemID logo often appears where its usage is required or one of the log in options
A NemID card that holds the user's private one-time-use keysNemID is a common log-in solution for Danish Internet banks, government websites and some other private companies. NemID is managed by the DanID company and came into use on July 1, 2010. Everyone in Denmark who is over 15 years old and has a CPR-Number is eligible for a NemID that can be used with their bank as well as public institutions. Anyone between 13 and 15 years old may use a NemID for internet banking.
Users of NemID are assigned a unique ID number that can be used as a username in addition to their CPR-Number or a user-defined username.
Users receive a card containing pairs of numbers, similar to Transaction authentication numbers. After logging in with a username and password, NemID users are prompted to enter a key corresponding to a number as part of NemID's two-factor authentication scheme. These private keys are one time use only. After all of them are used the user must get new private keys.
Private keys are kept in a central server. This has caused criticism against the security of NemID system.
See Also
- Digital signatur – Net-ID
External Links
- Forbrugerrådets page about NemID (Danish)
- NemID opposition (Danish)
Categories:- Science and technology in Denmark
- Banking
- Computer access control
- Computer security stubs
- Denmark stubs
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