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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2009
Applicants:
Brian Grove, Belcamp, MD (US);
Reed Tibbetts, Tustin, CA (US);
James Khalaf, Belcamp, MD (US);
Laszlo Elteto, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Brian Grove, Belcamp, MD (US);
Reed Tibbetts, Tustin, CA (US);
James Khalaf, Belcamp, MD (US);
Laszlo Elteto, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
SafeNet, Inc., Belcamp, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for secure authentication of a hardware token is disclosed. In one embodiment, a host computer fingerprint is used to generate a partial seed for a challenge-response authentication which is performed on the hardware token. In another embodiment, the host computer fingerprint is used as a personal identification number for the hardware token.