Prompted User Retrieval of Secret Entropy: The Passmaze Protocol

Daniel R.  L.  Brown

Paper 2005/434

Prompted User Retrieval of Secret Entropy: The Passmaze Protocol

Daniel R. L. Brown

Abstract

A prompting protocol permits users to securely retrieve secrets with greater entropy than passwords. The retrieved user secrets can have enough entropy to be used to derive cryptographic keys.

Note: Minor clarifications and corrections.

Metadata

Available format(s): PDF
Category: Cryptographic protocols
Publication info: Published elsewhere. Unknown where it was published
Keywords: passwords entropy secrets
Contact author(s): dbrown @ certicom com
History: 2005-12-23: revised; 2005-11-29: received; See all versions
Short URL: https://ia.cr/2005/434
License: CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2005/434,
      author = {Daniel R.  L.  Brown},
      title = {Prompted User Retrieval of Secret Entropy: The Passmaze Protocol},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2005/434},
      year = {2005},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2005/434}
}