Layered Security for Storage at the Edge: On Decentralized Multi-factor Access Control

• Main Authors: Esiner, Ertem, Datta, Anwitaman
• Other Authors: School of Computer Science and Engineering
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Layered security; Multi-factor access control
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81018; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43444
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this paper we propose a protocol that allows end-users in a decentralized setup (without requiring any trusted third party) to protect data shipped to remote servers using two factors - knowledge (passwords) and possession (a time based one time password generation for authentication) that is por...