Location-Based Authentication: Grounding Cyberspace for Better Security


Published: Feb 26, 2000 Updated: Feb 26, 2000 Section: Network Security Library :: Auth. & Access Control Author: Printable Version Adjust font size: Rating: 3.3/5 - 7 Votes 1 2 3 4 5

This paper shows how computer and network security can be substantially improved through a new form of authentication based on geodetic location. Location-based authentication has the effect of grounding cyberspace in the physical world so that the physical locations of network entities can be reliably determined. With location-based controls, a hacker in Russia would be unable to log into a funds transfer system in the United States while pretending to come from a bank in Argentina.

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