Paper 2013/751

Using Hamiltonian Totems as Passwords

Hervé Chabanne, Jean-Michel Cioranesco, Vincent Despiegel, Jean-Christophe Fondeur, and David Naccache

Abstract

Physical authentication brings extra security to software authentication by adding real-world input to conventional authentication protocols. Existing solutions such as textual and graphical passwords are subject to brute force and shoulder surfing attacks, while users are reluctant to use biometrics for identification, due to its intrusiveness. This paper uses Hamiltonian tokens as authentication means. The proposed token structure offers many possible configurations ({\sl i.e.}, passwords) and is small enough to be carried on a physical keychain. After presenting our general idea, we describe an efficient algorithm to produce these tokens. Our procedure was validated by running a recognition campaign on a wide batch of synthetic samples, and experimented on prototypes manufactured using a commercial 3D-printer.

Metadata
Available format(s)
PDF
Category
Applications
Publication info
Published elsewhere. Santacrypt 2013
Keywords
Authentication(Visual) PasswordsToken3DHamiltonian
Contact author(s)
cioranesco @ gmail com
History
2013-11-17: received
Short URL
https://ia.cr/2013/751
License
Creative Commons Attribution
CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2013/751,
      author = {Hervé Chabanne and Jean-Michel Cioranesco and Vincent Despiegel and Jean-Christophe Fondeur and David Naccache},
      title = {Using Hamiltonian Totems as Passwords},
      howpublished = {Cryptology ePrint Archive, Paper 2013/751},
      year = {2013},
      note = {\url{https://eprint.iacr.org/2013/751}},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2013/751}
}
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