• DocumentCode
    5797
  • Title

    Network Service Authentication Timing Attacks

  • Author

    Hayes, Austen

  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    March-April 2013
  • Firstpage
    80
  • Lastpage
    82
  • Abstract
    The common wisdom is that string comparison timing attacks against a hashed password are impossible. However, these attacks can still be effective if attackers give up on the ideal of stealing all the characters representing the user´s password or the entire hash.
  • Keywords
    cryptography; message authentication; hashed password; network service authentication; network service authentication timing attacks; string comparison timing attacks; Access control; Authentication; Computer security; Network security; SHA-1; computer security; hash functions; network service authentication timing attacks; side-channel attacks; timing attacks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Security & Privacy, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1540-7993
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSP.2013.39
  • Filename
    6493330