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I'd just stick with "session," since it's the correct term and any
synonym might confuse readers, but distinguish nested / parallel
sessions as "SSH session," "server authentication session," "handheld
authentication session," or the like.
I'd also consider adding a diagram.
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 8:46 AM, McLauchlan,
Kevin<Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com> wrote:
> :-)
>
> paragraph where the word was used three times, and each time meant a
> different "session"
> - one an SSH command-line session (or other, better word) between an
> administrator's workstation and the networked security appliance that
> s/he is administering,
>
> - one an encrypted client-server session between a computer (could be
> the same one the admin is using, but not necessarily) and the appliance,
> for the purpose of securely passing authentication data, and
>
> - one a local physical link (and the encrypted session it engages)
> between the computer that's doing the authentication serving and a
> handheld device that reads/writes hardware authentication tokens, and
> accepts keypad input (something-you-have and something-you-know
> two-and-three-factor security).
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