Authentication in Insecure Environments
Using Visual Cryptography and Non-Transferable Credentials in Practise
1st Edition
Published on 2. September 2014
XVI, 362 pages
978-3-658-07116-5 (ISBN)
Description
Sebastian Pape discusses two different scenarios for authentication. On the one hand, users cannot trust their devices and nevertheless want to be able to do secure authentication. On the other hand, users may not want to be tracked while their service provider does not want them to share their credentials. Many users may not be able to determine whether their device is trustworthy, i.e. it might contain malware. One solution is to use visual cryptography for authentication. The author generalizes this concept to human decipherable encryption schemes and establishes a relationship to CAPTCHAS. He proposes a new security model and presents the first visual encryption scheme which makes use of noise to complicate the adversary's task. To prevent service providers from keeping their users under surveillance, anonymous credentials may be used. However, sometimes it is desirable to prevent the users from sharing their credentials. The author compares existing approaches based on non-transferable anonymous credentials and proposes an approach which combines biometrics and smartcards.
Reviews / Votes
"This book is based on the doctoral dissertation of Sebastian Pape . on the challenge of authentication in insecure environments. . The bibliography is exhaustive and the indexes are adequate. . This interesting and practically oriented book is well written for an audience comprising students, teachers, and practitioners of cryptography and information technology (IT) security. I strongly recommend the book for its intended audience." (S. V. Nagaraj, Computing Reviews, October, 2015)
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Wiesbaden
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
XVI, 362 p. 46 illus., 6 illus. in color.
File size
6,15 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-658-07116-5 (9783658071165)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-658-07116-5
Schweitzer Classification
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Sebastian Pape
Authentication in Insecure Environments
Using Visual Cryptography and Non-Transferable Credentials in Practise
Book
09/2014
Springer Vieweg
€53.49
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Person
Dr. Sebastian Pape is postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Software Engineering at Technical University Dortmund.
Content
Mathematical and Cryptographic Foundation.- Human Decipherable Encryption Schemes: Introduction, Scenario, and Related Work - Human Decipherable Encryption Scheme - Encryption Schemes Based on Dice Codings - Conclusion and Future Work.- Non-Transferable Anonymous Credentials: Introduction, Scenario, and Related Work - Privacy and Data Security - Analysis of Non-Transferable Anonymous Credentials - Conclusion and Future Work.- Outlook and Appendix.
