VeryIDX - A Digital Identity Management System for Pervasive Computing Environments

  • Authors:
  • Federica Paci;Elisa Bertino;Sam Kerr;Aaron Lint;Anna Squicciarini;Jungha Woo

  • Affiliations:
  • CERIAS and Computer Science Department, Purdue University,;CERIAS and Computer Science Department, Purdue University,;CERIAS and Computer Science Department, Purdue University,;CERIAS and Computer Science Department, Purdue University,;Information Sciences and Technology, The Pennsylvania State University,;CERIAS and Computer Science Department, Purdue University,

  • Venue:
  • SEUS '08 Proceedings of the 6th IFIP WG 10.2 international workshop on Software Technologies for Embedded and Ubiquitous Systems
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

The problem of identity theft, that is, the act of impersonating others' identities by presenting stolen identifiers or proofs of identities, has been receiving increasing attention because of its high financial and social costs. In this paper we address such problem by proposing an approach to manage user identity attributes by assuring their privacy-preserving usage. The approach is based on the concept of privacy preserving multi-factor authentication achieved by a new cryptographic primitive which uses aggregate signatures on commitments that are then used for aggregate zero-knowledge proof of knowledge (ZKPK) protocols. We present the implementation of such approach on Nokia NFC cellular phones and report performance evaluation results.