A new mobile-based multi-factor authentication scheme using pre-shared number, GPS location and time stamp
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Abdurrahman, Usman Alhaji; Kaiiali, Mustafa; Muhammad, Jawad
- Source
- 2013 International Conference on Electronics, Computer and Computation (ICECCO) Electronics, Computer and Computation (ICECCO), 2013 International Conference on. :293-296 Nov, 2013
- Subject
- Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Computing and Processing
Signal Processing and Analysis
Authentication
Global Positioning System
Servers
Mobile handsets
Biometrics (access control)
Web pages
multi-factor authentication
GPS
hashing algorithm
web security
- Language
Lots of web accounts are being hacked everyday even though the public web servers like Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail deploy the best-known security mechanisms. However, attacks usually happen due to personal faults. It is too difficult to hack the Gmail or Yahoo servers, but usually attackers try to gain access to user's system itself to get some information about his password. In this paper a new mechanism of securing web accounts is proposed to overcome these personal faults. It enhances security by generating a secret hash code based on a pre-shared number and user's current GPS location.