A Generic Framework for Three-Factor Authentication: Preserving Security and Privacy in Distributed Systems

作者：Huang Xinyi^*; Xiang Yang; Chonka Ashley; Zhou Jianying; Deng Robert H

来源：IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 2011, 22(8): 1390-1397.

DOI：10.1109/TPDS.2010.206

• Authentication
• distributed systems
• security
• privacy
• password
• smart card
• biometrics

As part of the security within distributed systems, various services and resources need protection from unauthorized use. Remote authentication is the most commonly used method to determine the identity of a remote client. This paper investigates a systematic approach for authenticating clients by three factors, namely password, smart card, and biometrics. A generic and secure framework is proposed to upgrade two-factor authentication to three-factor authentication. The conversion not only significantly improves the information assurance at low cost but also protects client privacy in distributed systems. In addition, our framework retains several practice-friendly properties of the underlying two-factor authentication, which we believe is of independent interest.

• 出版日期2011-8
• 单位迪肯大学