Title
WebCallerID: Leveraging cellular networks for Web authentication
Abstract
Web authentication that is both secure and usable remains a challenge. Passwords are vulnerable to phishing attacks, while physical tokens face deployment obstacles. We propose to leverage the authentication infrastructure of cellular networks to enhance Web authentication. We design WebCallerID, a Web authentication scheme that uses cell phones as physical tokens and uses cellular networks as trusted identity providers. Since WebCallerID requires no user participation during authentication, it prevents security mistakes by users. WebCallerID also prevents rogue websites from replaying authentication assertions or stealing users' identities. We have implemented a prototype of WebCallerID using the OpenID framework. The prototype shows that WebCallerID seamlessly integrates into OpenID-capable Web authentication while avoiding phishing problems in OpenID and simplifying user participation.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.3233/JCS-2011-0424
Journal of Computer Security
Keywords
Field
DocType
authentication assertion,openid framework,authentication infrastructure,web authentication,user participation,web authentication scheme,openid-capable web authentication,webcallerid seamlessly,physical token,cellular network
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol,World Wide Web,Chip Authentication Program,Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol,Generic Bootstrapping Architecture,Computer science,Challenge–response authentication,Computer security,Authentication protocol,Multi-factor authentication,Email authentication
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
19
5
0926-227X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.36
21
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Francis Hsu115413.43
Hao Chen22723183.89
Sridhar Machiraju343537.08