SSL-TLS Session-Aware User Authentication.

The article focuses on transport layer security with session-aware user authentication, which offers a promising approach to solving man-in-the-middle attack problems. The system works by leveraging the legacy authentication mechanisms and systems that the general public has become accustomed to usi...

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Publicado en:	Computer (00189162) Vol. 41; no. 3; pp. 59 - 66
Autores principales:	Oppliger, Rolf, Hauser, Ralf, Basin, David
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	IEEE Mar2008
Materias:	Computer security Data security Data protection Electronic commerce security measures Computer access control Computer network security
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Sumario:	The article focuses on transport layer security with session-aware user authentication, which offers a promising approach to solving man-in-the-middle attack problems. The system works by leveraging the legacy authentication mechanisms and systems that the general public has become accustomed to using. Information is presented on Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) as a technological approach to fill the gap in technologies and techniques to protect SSL/TLS-based electronic commerce applications.