Authors:
Aziz Barbar
1
and
Anis Ismail
2
Affiliations:
1
American University of Science & Technology, Lebanon
;
2
Lebanese University, Lebanon
Keyword(s):
Security, Personal Computers, Computer Locking/Unlocking, Bluetooth, Mobile Application.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Communication and Software Technologies and Architectures
;
Computer-Supported Education
;
e-Business
;
Energy and Economy
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Information Systems Analysis and Specification
;
Information Technologies Supporting Learning
;
Mobile and Pervasive Computing
;
Security and Privacy
;
Software Engineering
;
Sustainable Computing and Communications
;
Telecommunications
Abstract:
A major realm of security breach for today’s users is unprivileged access, modification or sometimes forgery of critical business, or user information. Existing computer locking/unoking methods serve as an intermediate barrier against unethical deeds. The proposed solution BlueKey is a software-based solution installed on Personal Computers (PC) that safely unlocks the PC by securing the Bluetooth communication channel between the user’s mobile device and his/her PC. BlueKey helps end-users in not typing their passwords every time they need to access their PCs. At the same level, this solution includes a mobile application that allows the owner to fully control his/her PC via Bluetooth, and runs a breach detector module with safety measures to protect the PC when it is locked. At the technical level, BlueKey is a platform free application written using Java programming language, fulfilling the Write Once Run Anywhere (WORA) concept. This system is built using Java Development Kit (JD
K) and compiled using Java Virtual Machine (JVM), and runs with Java Runtime Environment (JRE). Alongside, the mobile application is developed using Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME), which is compatible with Android, Symbian, and BlackBerry operating systems.
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