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Information Security and Cryptology

Volume 4990 of the series Lecture Notes in Computer Science pp 5-10

On the Evolution of User Authentication: Non-bilateral Factors

  • Moti YungAffiliated withGoogle Inc.Columbia University

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Abstract

In this position note we review the notion of “User Authentication,” i.e., the idea of a person facing the computer and in need of authenticating herself to the system in order to get access to her account. We analyze the state of the art of user authentication and that of “Authentication Factors,” i.e., the techniques and instruments the user can present to the computer. We compare the state of the art of these factors with the acceptable textbook view.