Authentication
§ Definition: Act of establishing that a claim (e.g. of
identity) that is being made about an entity is true.
§ Objective: “Lively, Assured and Confidential
communication”
§ Based on:
What you have (possessed items: e.g. special card/hardware)
What you know (stored/remembered items: e.g. cryptographic
key information or passwords)
What you are (physical attributes that are hard to modify: e.g.
RF fingerprints)