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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.
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Yung, M. (2008). On the Evolution of User Authentication: Non-bilateral Factors. In: Pei, D., Yung, M., Lin, D., Wu, C. (eds) Information Security and Cryptology. Inscrypt 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4990. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79499-8_2
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