Title
Visual authentication: a secure single step authentication for user authorization
Abstract
User authentication on publicly exposed terminals with established mechanisms, such as typing the credentials on a virtual keyboard, can be insecure e.g. due to shoulder surfing or due to a hacked terminal. In addition, username and password entry can be time-consuming and thus improvable with relation to usability. As security and comfort are often competing with each other, novel authentication and authorization methods especially for public terminals are desirable. In this paper, we present an approach on a distributed authentication and authorization system, where the user can be easily identified and enabled to use a service with his smartphone. The smartphone (as personal and private device the user is always in control of) can provide a highly secure authentication token that is renewed and exchanged in the background without the user's participation. The claimed improvements were supported by a user survey with an implementation of a digital room management system as an example for a public display. The proposed authentication procedure would increase security and yet enable fast authentication within publicly exposed terminals.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1145/2541831.2541863
MUM
Keywords
Field
DocType
user authorization,fast authentication,proposed authentication procedure,digital room management system,visual authentication,user authentication,authorization method,secure single step authentication,public display,public terminal,authorization system,novel authentication,user survey,security,authentication,authorization
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol,Chip Authentication Program,Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol,Computer science,Challenge–response authentication,Computer security,Data Authentication Algorithm,Authentication protocol,Multi-factor authentication,Email authentication
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
8
Authors
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Luis Roalter120817.19
Matthias Kranz244237.93
Andreas Möller322218.35
Stefan Diewald417915.37
Tobias Stockinger5384.82
Marion Koelle6759.89
Patrick Lindemann754.35