VLSI implementation of password (PIN) authentication unit

Author

Sklavos, N. ; Kitsos, P. ; Koufopavlou, O.

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Patras Univ., Greece

Volume

3

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

1147

Abstract

Multi-user communication systems need secure authorization mechanisms in order to protect the system information resources. It is necessary in these systems for the offered services to be protected from unauthorized users, or from possible undesirable external attackers of the system such as hackers. The most widely used protocols and methods for user authorization are based on the use of passwords and in some cases on PIN numbers. In this paper, a hardware implementation of a password (PIN) authentication unit is proposed. By using a few hardware resources, the introduced unit guarantees a high level of security. Due to the special design, the introduced implementation provides very high throughput. It can be used in systems which are connected to communication links up to 340 Mbps.

Keywords

VLSI; authorisation; cryptography; integrated circuit design; message authentication; multi-access systems; protocols; telecommunication equipment; telecommunication security; 340 Mbit/s; PIN authentication unit; PIN numbers; VLSI implementation; communication links; hackers; hardware implementation; hardware resources; multi-user communication systems; password authentication unit; protocols; secure authorization mechanisms; security; system information resource protection; throughput; unauthorized users; user authorization; Authentication; Authorization; Communication system security; Computer hacking; Hardware; Information resources; Protection; Protocols; Throughput; Very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2002. 9th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7596-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECS.2002.1046455

Filename

1046455