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See also: Truth | Authentication | Measure | Security | Trust

To verify something is to determine the truth about a things authenticity. Claims and opinions can often be verified by events in the future.

Verification is used to check what we know with what is unknown. Verification usually involves some sort of measure interaction that provides an independent observation. Observations can then compared against historical events.

Methods

• Certificate
• Checksum
• Cryptography
• Digital Signatures
• Distributed hash table
• Intrusion Detection Systems
• MD5
• Public-Key Cryptosystem
• Science and research
• Spam Blockers

Related Topics

• Hash Cash
• Inference
• Intelligence
• Man-In-The-Middle Attack
• Social engineering
• Standard

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