Title :
Two facets of authentication
Author_Institution :
Syst. Res. Center, Digital Electr. Corp., USA
Abstract :
Authentication can serve both for assigning responsibility and for giving credit. Some authentication protocols are adequate for one purpose but not the other. The paper explains the distinction between responsibility and credit, through several examples, and discusses the role of this distinction in the design and analysis of protocols
Keywords :
message authentication; protocols; authentication; authentication protocols; credit; responsibility assignment; Access control; Authentication; Cryptographic protocols; Postal services; Public key; Public key cryptography;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Security Foundations Workshop, 1998. Proceedings. 11th IEEE
Conference_Location :
Rockport, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8488-7
DOI :
10.1109/CSFW.1998.683152
