Token based authentication \(user logins\)

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title: Token based authentication \(user logins\)
description: Token-based authentication verifies the identity of users who access a network and issues a unique access token.
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release: australia
product: Authentication
classification: authentication
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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breadcrumb: [Authentication, Access Management]
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# Token based authentication \(user logins\)

Token-based authentication verifies the identity of users who access a network and issues a unique access token.

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 [Token based authentication is a protocol which allows users to verify their identity, and in return receive a unique access token.It helps to enhance the security mechanism for users to access a network.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/authentication/time-limited-authentication.md)

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[Digest Token Authentication](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/authentication/c_DigestTokenAuthentication.md)\[Omitted image "bus-sdlc.svg"\] Alt text: Digest Token Authentication

 [The digest token authentication passes user credentials and a digest token within an unencrypted HTTP header.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/authentication/c_DigestTokenAuthentication.md)

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