Which of the following are valid methods for authenticating users for access into Snowflake? (Select THREE)

The correct answer is B. Federated authentication D. Key-pair authentication E. OAuth. Snowflake supports multiple user authentication methods. Federated Authentication (B) uses SAML 2.0/SSO via identity providers like Okta or ADFS. Key-pair Authentication (D) uses RSA public/private key pairs instead of passwords, commonly used for service accounts and…

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ASCIM
BFederated authentication
CTLS 1.2
DKey-pair authentication
EOAuth
FOCSP authentication

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(21 responses)

A
5% (1)
B
90% (19)
F
5% (1)

Explanation

Snowflake supports multiple user authentication methods. Federated Authentication (B) uses SAML 2.0/SSO via identity providers like Okta or ADFS. Key-pair Authentication (D) uses RSA public/private key pairs instead of passwords, commonly used for service accounts and programmatic access. OAuth (E) allows delegated authorization through third-party identity providers. SCIM (A) is a provisioning protocol for syncing users/groups-it manages identities but is not itself an authentication mechanism. TLS 1.2 (C) is a transport-layer encryption protocol, not an authentication method. OCSP (F) is used for certificate revocation status checking, not user authentication.

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#User authentication#Federated authentication#Key-pair authentication#OAuth

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