Photon-counting multifactor optical encryption and authentication
The multifactor optical encryption authentication method [Opt. Lett., 31 721-3 (2006)] reinforces optical security by allowing the simultaneous authentication of up to four factors. In this work, the photon-counting imaging technique is applied to the multifactor encrypted function so that a sparse...
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| Format: | article |
| Publication Date: | 2015 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repository: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/26846 |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/26846 https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2040-8978/17/2/025706 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Data encryption (Computer science) Photon detectors Authentication Photon correlation Fourier transform optics Cryptography optical security mutifactor encryption photon-counting imaging information verification authentication optical recognition cryptanalysis JOINT TRANSFORM CORRELATOR AUTOMATIC TARGET RECOGNITION FRACTIONAL FOURIER DOMAIN IMAGE ENCRYPTION FRESNEL DOMAIN CORRELATION FILTERS SECURITY SYSTEM KEYS PROCESSOR Encriptació de dades (Informàtica) Fotons Reconeixement òptic de caràcters Correlació (Estadística) Fourier, Transformacions de -- Òptica Criptografia Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ciències de la visió |
| Summary: | The multifactor optical encryption authentication method [Opt. Lett., 31 721-3 (2006)] reinforces optical security by allowing the simultaneous authentication of up to four factors. In this work, the photon-counting imaging technique is applied to the multifactor encrypted function so that a sparse phase-only distribution is generated for the encrypted data. The integration of both techniques permits an increased capacity for signal hiding with simultaneous data reduction for better fulfilling the general requirements of protection, storage and transmission. Cryptanalysis of the proposed method is carried out in terms of chosen-plaintext and chosen-ciphertext attacks. Although the multifactor authentication process is not substantially altered by those attacks, its integration with the photon-counting imaging technique prevents from possible partial disclosure of any encrypted factor, thus increasing the security level of the overall process. Numerical experiments and results are provided and discussed. |
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