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The Untrusted Computer Problem and Camera-Based Authentication

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Pervasive Computing (Pervasive 2002)

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Abstract

The use of computers in public places is increasingly common in everyday life. In using one of these computers, a user is trusting it to correctly carry out her orders. For many transactions, particularly banking operations, blind trust in a public terminal will not satisfy most users. In this paper the aim is therefore to provide the user with authenticated communication between herself and a remote trusted computer, via the untrusted computer.

After defining the authentication problem that is to be solved, this paper reduces it to a simpler problem. Solutions to the simpler problem are explored in which the user carries a trusted device with her. Finally, a description is given of two camera-based devices that are being developed.

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  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

    Dwaine Clarke, Blaise Gassend, Thomas Kotwal, Matt Burnside, Srinivas Devadas & Ronald Rivest

  2. Philips Research, USA

    Marten van Dijk

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  1. Department of Computer Science, ETH Zürich, IFW Haldeneggsteig 4, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland

    Friedemann Mattern

  2. Emerging Markets and IP Creation, IBM Technology Group, USA

    Mahmoud Naghshineh (Director) (Director)

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Clarke, D. et al. (2002). The Untrusted Computer Problem and Camera-Based Authentication. In: Mattern, F., Naghshineh, M. (eds) Pervasive Computing. Pervasive 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2414. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45866-2_10

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