Title :
Ubiquitous desktops with multi-factor authentication
Author :
Doyle, Paul ; Deegan, Mark ; Driscoll, Ciaran O. ; Gleeson, Michael ; Gillespie, Brian
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput., Dublin Inst. of Technol., Dublin
Abstract :
There is no single desktop which meets the growing user requirement for diverse services and solutions. Desktop services such as operating system specific productivity tools, laboratory teaching environments, product testing and program compilation typically require substantially different desktop environments. While virtualization addresses the consolidation of multiple operating system environments onto a single piece of hardware, the issue of consolidating these multiple services into a single desktop for users must also be addressed. The need has arisen for a secure, mobile and integrated desktop which provides simple access to multiple desktop services. This paper proposes a ubiquitous desktop solution addressing these issues through a combination of virtualization, multi-factor authentication, single sign-on and thin client technology.
Keywords :
microcomputers; network computers; ubiquitous computing; virtual machines; multifactor authentication; multiple operating system environments; single sign-on; thin client technology; ubiquitous desktops; virtualization; Authentication; Education; Hardware; Laboratories; Operating systems; Pervasive computing; Productivity; Security; System testing; Virtual machining;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Information Management, 2008. ICDIM 2008. Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2916-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2917-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICDIM.2008.4746797