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People are authenticated with a standard username and password scheme.	People are authenticated with a standard username and password scheme.
LON-CAPA ships with support for LON-CAPA specific passwords, authentication	LON-CAPA ships with support for LON-CAPA specific passwords, authentication
using the UNIX authentication scheme on the server (assuming that	using the UNIX authentication scheme on the server (assuming that
user has a user account on that system), and Kerberous 4 and 5. It	user has a user account on that system), and Kerberos 4 and 5. It
is easy to add other external authentication types to integrate with	is easy to add other external authentication types to integrate with
whatever your campus may use, and there are institutions doing this.	whatever your campus may use, and there are institutions doing this.