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Machine FingerPrint (MFP)

Machine FingerPrint (also referred to as Device fingerprinting or PC fingerprinting in industry terms) represents the browser information and device identification attributes (such as operating system, installed software applications, screen display settings, multimedia components, and other attributes) that are gathered from the end user’s system and are analyzed to generate a risk profile of a device in real time. Some of the attributes that are collected from the end user\xE2\x80\x99s device include:

• Browser information (such as name, UserAgent, major version, minor version, JavaScript version, HTTP headers)
• Operating system name and version
• Screen settings (such as height, width, color depth)
• System information (such as time zone, language, system locale)

For every transaction performed by the end user, RiskMinder matches the corresponding MFP stored in its database with the incoming information. If this match percentage (%) is equal to or more than the value specified for the Device-MFP Match rule in Administration Console, then it is considered "safe".