CLAS: A Novel Communications Latency Based Authentication Scheme

<p dir="ltr">We design and implement a novel communications latency based authentication scheme, dubbed CLAS, that strengthens the security of state-of-the-art web authentication approaches by leveraging the round trip network communications latency (RTL) between clients and authenti...

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Main Author: Zuochao Dou (16855443) (author)
Other Authors: Issa Khalil (16855449) (author), Abdallah Khreishah (16855455) (author)
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Cybersecurity and privacy
Communications latency
CLAS (Communications Latency-based Authentication Scheme)
Web authentication
Round trip latency (RTL)
Password compromise
Network security
RTL manipulation
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description <p dir="ltr">We design and implement a novel communications latency based authentication scheme, dubbed CLAS, that strengthens the security of state-of-the-art web authentication approaches by leveraging the round trip network communications latency (RTL) between clients and authenticators. In addition to the traditional credentials, CLAS profiles RTL values of clients and uses them to defend against password compromise. The key challenges are (i) to prevent RTL manipulation, (ii) to alleviate network instabilities, and (iii) to address mobile clients. CLAS addresses the first challenge by introducing a novel network architecture, which makes it extremely difficult for attackers to simulate legitimate RTL values. The second challenge is addressed by outlier removal and multiple temporal profiling, while the last challenge is addressed by augmenting CLAS with out-of-band-channels or other authentication schemes. CLAS restricts login to profiled locations while demanding additional information for nonprofiled ones, which highly reduces the attack surface even when the legitimate credentials are compromised. Additionally, unlike many state-of-the-art authentication mechanisms, CLAS is resilient to phishing, pharming, man-in-the-middle, and social engineering attacks. Furthermore, CLAS is transparent to users and incurs negligible overhead. The experimental results show that CLAS can achieve very low false positive and false negative rates.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Security and Communication Networks<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4286903" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4286903</a></p>
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spelling CLAS: A Novel Communications Latency Based Authentication SchemeZuochao Dou (16855443)Issa Khalil (16855449)Abdallah Khreishah (16855455)Information and computing sciencesCybersecurity and privacyCommunications latencyCLAS (Communications Latency-based Authentication Scheme)Web authenticationRound trip latency (RTL)Password compromiseNetwork securityRTL manipulation<p dir="ltr">We design and implement a novel communications latency based authentication scheme, dubbed CLAS, that strengthens the security of state-of-the-art web authentication approaches by leveraging the round trip network communications latency (RTL) between clients and authenticators. In addition to the traditional credentials, CLAS profiles RTL values of clients and uses them to defend against password compromise. The key challenges are (i) to prevent RTL manipulation, (ii) to alleviate network instabilities, and (iii) to address mobile clients. CLAS addresses the first challenge by introducing a novel network architecture, which makes it extremely difficult for attackers to simulate legitimate RTL values. The second challenge is addressed by outlier removal and multiple temporal profiling, while the last challenge is addressed by augmenting CLAS with out-of-band-channels or other authentication schemes. CLAS restricts login to profiled locations while demanding additional information for nonprofiled ones, which highly reduces the attack surface even when the legitimate credentials are compromised. Additionally, unlike many state-of-the-art authentication mechanisms, CLAS is resilient to phishing, pharming, man-in-the-middle, and social engineering attacks. Furthermore, CLAS is transparent to users and incurs negligible overhead. The experimental results show that CLAS can achieve very low false positive and false negative rates.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Security and Communication Networks<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4286903" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4286903</a></p>2017-06-12T06:00:00ZTextJournal contributioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontextcontribution to journal10.1155/2017/4286903https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/CLAS_A_Novel_Communications_Latency_Based_Authentication_Scheme/27050710CC BY 4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:figshare.com:article/270507102017-06-12T06:00:00Z
spellingShingle CLAS: A Novel Communications Latency Based Authentication Scheme
Zuochao Dou (16855443)
Information and computing sciences
Cybersecurity and privacy
Communications latency
CLAS (Communications Latency-based Authentication Scheme)
Web authentication
Round trip latency (RTL)
Password compromise
Network security
RTL manipulation
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title CLAS: A Novel Communications Latency Based Authentication Scheme
title_full CLAS: A Novel Communications Latency Based Authentication Scheme
title_fullStr CLAS: A Novel Communications Latency Based Authentication Scheme
title_full_unstemmed CLAS: A Novel Communications Latency Based Authentication Scheme
title_short CLAS: A Novel Communications Latency Based Authentication Scheme
title_sort CLAS: A Novel Communications Latency Based Authentication Scheme
topic Information and computing sciences
Cybersecurity and privacy
Communications latency
CLAS (Communications Latency-based Authentication Scheme)
Web authentication
Round trip latency (RTL)
Password compromise
Network security
RTL manipulation