Vein patterns are a unique attribute of each individual and can therefore be used as a biometric characteristic. Exploiting the specific near infrared light absorption properties of blood, the vein capture procedure is convenient and allows contact-less sensors. We propose a new chain code based feature encoding method, ...

Identity management systems are a reality today in the Internet. Single sign-on (SSO) systems allow users to authenticate once in the system and interact with different services providers without the need for creating new accounts. However, most identity management systems only support a simple authentication mechanism, ...

CAPTCHA-Systeme sind weit verbreitete Schutzsysteme, um auf Online-Plattformen menschliche Benutzer von automatischen Bots zu unterscheiden. Dabei kommen verschiedene Varianten zum Einsatz, die sich in Art und Interaktionsmodus sowie im Schwierigkeitsgrad der Lösung unterscheiden. In der vorliegenden Studie werden Kriterien ...

Sekundenscharfe Ablese-Intervalle bei elektronischen Stromzählern stellen einen erheblichen Eingriff in die Privatsphäre der Stromkunden dar. Das datenschutzrechtliche Gebot der Datensparsamkeit und Datenvermeidung steht einer feingranularen Messhäufigkeit und der vollständigen Speicherung der Stromverbrauchsdaten entgegen. ...

To establish a secure channel between two parties common security solutions often use a key exchange protocol as a preliminary subroutine to generate a shared key. These solutions include the protocols for secure communication between a reader and an identity card or passport, called PACE and EAC, and the TLS protocol ...

Most studies in usable security research aim at a quantification of persons, who - depending on the subject – fall for phishing, pass on their password, download malicious software and so on. In contrast, little research is done to identify the reasons for such insecure behavior. Within this paper, the result of a ...