Two-factor mutual authentication based on smart cards and passwords

• Main Authors: YANG, Guomin, WONG, Duncan S., WANG, Huaxiong, DENG, Xiaotie
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2008
• Subjects: Two-factor authentication; Password; Smart-card; Guessing attack; Dictionary attack; Information Security
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/7401; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/8404/viewcontent/twi_factor.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

One of the most commonly used two-factor user authentication mechanisms nowadays is based on smart-card and password. A scheme of this type is called a smart-card-based password authentication scheme. The core feature of such a scheme is to enforce two-factor authentication in the sense that the cli...