ONE-TOUCH FINANCIAL TRANSACTION AUTHENTICATION

Daniel V. Bailey, John Brainard, Sebastian Rohde, Christof Paar

2009

Abstract

We present a design for a Wi-Fi user-authentication token that tunnels data through the SSID field, packet timing, and packet length. Previous attempts to build an online-banking transaction-signing token have been only moderately successful, due in large part to usability problems. Average consumers, especially in the United States, are simply unwilling to transcribe strings of digits from PC to token and back again. In a departure from previous work, our token communicates using point-to-point side-channels in Wi-Fi that allow two devices to directly exchange messages – even if one is also connected to an access point. The result is a token that can authenticate transactions using only one touch by the user. The increased usability means more transactions can be authenticated, reducing fraud and driving more banking business online.

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V. Bailey D., Brainard J., Rohde S. and Paar C. (2009). ONE-TOUCH FINANCIAL TRANSACTION AUTHENTICATION . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Security and Cryptography - Volume 1: SECRYPT, (ICETE 2009) ISBN 978-989-674-005-4, pages 5-12. DOI: 10.5220/0002182400050012


in Bibtex Style

@conference{secrypt09,
author={Daniel V. Bailey and John Brainard and Sebastian Rohde and Christof Paar},
title={ONE-TOUCH FINANCIAL TRANSACTION AUTHENTICATION},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Security and Cryptography - Volume 1: SECRYPT, (ICETE 2009)},
year={2009},
pages={5-12},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002182400050012},
isbn={978-989-674-005-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Security and Cryptography - Volume 1: SECRYPT, (ICETE 2009)
TI - ONE-TOUCH FINANCIAL TRANSACTION AUTHENTICATION
SN - 978-989-674-005-4
AU - V. Bailey D.
AU - Brainard J.
AU - Rohde S.
AU - Paar C.
PY - 2009
SP - 5
EP - 12
DO - 10.5220/0002182400050012