Episode 31 — Authentication Surface Enumeration
This episode teaches you how to map authentication and session behavior so you can recognize where identity controls are strong, where they fail, and what the safest next validation step should be. You’ll learn to enumerate login entry points, password reset and recovery flows, multi-factor prompts, and SSO paths, then analyze how each step changes what an attacker can realistically do. We’ll cover session concepts such as cookies and tokens, timeouts, logout reliability, and how role and group boundaries influence authorization outcomes. You’ll practice interpreting scenario clues like verbose errors, user enumeration hints, inconsistent enforcement across endpoints, and behavior differences between accounts, focusing on what to confirm and what to document. By the end, you’ll be able to choose answers that correctly distinguish authentication problems from authorization failures and select actions that increase certainty without escalating risk or violating boundaries. Produced by BareMetalCyber.com, where you’ll find more cyber audio courses, books, and information to strengthen your educational path. Also, if you want to stay up to date with the latest news, visit DailyCyber.News for a newsletter you can use, and a daily podcast you can commute with.
