Robust multi-factor authentication for fragile communications Huang,X, Xiang,Y, Bertino,E, Zhou,J and Xu,L 2014, Robust multi-factor authentication for fragile communications, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 568-581, doi: 10.1109/TDSC.2013.2297110. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Robust multi-factor authentication for fragile communications Author(s) Huang,X Xiang,Y orcid.org/0000-0001-5252-0831 Bertino,E Zhou,J Xu,L Journal name IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing Volume number 11 Issue number 6 Start page 568 End page 581 Total pages 14 Publisher Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc Place of publication Piscataway, N. J Publication date 2014-11-01 ISSN 1545-5971 Keyword(s) Authentication efficiency multi-factor privacy stand-alone Science & Technology Technology Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture Computer Science, Information Systems Computer Science, Software Engineering Computer Science ENCRYPTION SECURE BIOMETRICS Summary In large-scale systems, user authentication usually needs the assistance from a remote central authentication server via networks. The authentication service however could be slow or unavailable due to natural disasters or various cyber attacks on communication channels. This has raised serious concerns in systems which need robust authentication in emergency situations. The contribution of this paper is two-fold. In a slow connection situation, we present a secure generic multi-factor authentication protocol to speed up the whole authentication process. Compared with another generic protocol in the literature, the new proposal provides the same function with significant improvements in computation and communication. Another authentication mechanism, which we name stand-alone authentication, can authenticate users when the connection to the central server is down. We investigate several issues in stand-alone authentication and show how to add it on multi-factor authentication protocols in an efficient and generic way. Language eng DOI 10.1109/TDSC.2013.2297110 Field of Research 080303 Computer System Security Socio Economic Objective 890202 Application Tools and System Utilities HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2014, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30072049 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Information Technology 2018 ERA Submission Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 02 Apr 2015, 16:16:45 EST Fri, 03 Apr 2015, 04:04:31 EST Sat, 18 Apr 2015, 06:10:55 EST Wed, 22 Apr 2015, 13:38:52 EST Wed, 22 Apr 2015, 13:45:05 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 82 times in TR Web of Science Cited 100 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 680 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 02 Apr 2015, 16:16:45 EST