As part of the security within distributed systems, various services and resources need
protection from unauthorized use. Remote authentication is the most commonly used …

This study proposes a three‐factor control protocol for universal serial bus (USB) on an
elliptic curve cryptosystem (ECC). USB is a universal interface used in an enormous number …

The large-scale proliferation of biometric verification systems creates a demand for effective
and reliable security and privacy of its data. Like passwords and PIN codes, biometric data is …

Public Key Infrastructure is a widely deployed security technology for handling key
distribution and validation in computer security. Despite PKI's popularity as a security …

Abstract Telecare Medical Information System (TMIS) helps the patients to gain the health
monitoring information at home and access medical services over the mobile Internet. In …

Palm vein recognition is an emerging biometric recognition technology that has received
significant attention in recent years. However, we have discovered that in some challenging …

We now know that the majority of computer security relies on passwords to verify and
authenticate users. There are numerous proposed authentication methods, and the majority …

We present the kernel implementation of a Mobile Certification Authority (MCA). Our MCA
kernel is able to issue digital certificates fully-complying with the X. 509v3 standard; it …

Nowadays, replacing traditional authentication methods with authentication and
authorization infrastructures (AAIs) comes down to trading several passwords for one master …

Nowadays we can perform business transactions with remote servers interconnected to
Internet using our personal devices. These transactions can also be possible without any …