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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Ari Juels, Brookline, MA (US);
Nikolaos Triandopoulos, Arlington, MA (US);
Marten van Dijk, Somerville, MA (US);
John Brainard, Sudbury, MA (US);
Ronald Rivest, Arlington, MA (US);
Kevin Bowers, Melrose, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Configurable one-time authentication tokens are provided with improved resilience to attacks. A one-time authentication token is configured by providing a plurality of token features that may be selectively incorporated into the configurable one-time authentication token, wherein the plurality of token features comprise at least two of the features; obtaining a selection of at least a plurality of the token features: and configuring the one-time authentication token based on the selected token features, wherein the configuration must always enable forward security for the one-time authentication token and at least one additional selected token feature. A configurable one-time authentication token is provided that comprises a plurality of selectable token features that may be selectively incorporated into the configurable one-time authentication token, wherein the configurable one-time authentication token is always configured with the forward security and at least one additional token feature.