Questions
Common questions.
What is Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Authentication?
Machine-to-machine authentication is how one service or agent proves its identity to another without a human login.
How is Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Authentication used in production?
Common methods include client credentials, mutual TLS, and signed tokens.
Which terms are related to Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Authentication?
Closely related concepts include Machine Identity, Workload Identity, Non-Human Identity (NHI), SPIFFE (Secure Production Identity Framework for Everyone). Each is defined in the Prefactor glossary.
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