A SURVEY AND COMPARISON ON USER AUTHENTICATION METHODS
Keywords:
authentication, token, biometric,Abstract
Today security concerns are on the rise in all area such as banks, government organizations, business organizations, educational institute etc. The number of frauds and abuses are literally exploding with the increase use of internet in every field. Among all frauds and abuses, the most serious is the theft of identity which causes grave damage to the victim. The protection of digital identities is getting more and more crucial. The use of password for authentication is no longer sufficient and stronger authentication schemesare necessary factor in keeping security of your system. Authentication scheme is a fundamental and important subject for network security, because it is usually used to protect sensitive and important information to restrict the access of precious resources for legal users only. Several authentication strategies have been proposed, soma of which are very difficult to use and others might not meet company’s security concern. So it has become crucial to have in depth knowledge of all authentication schemes so that user can choose best among them as per user’s requirement. In this paper we have first studied different types of accounts user can have based on their sensitivity, then we have studied what is authentication,
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Under the Creative Commons Attribution- 4.0 International License (CC BY-4.0 DEED).
You are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially.
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
- The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
Under the following terms:
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
Notices:
You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an applicable exception or limitation.
No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material.
