SSL/TLS Session-Aware User Authentication
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Overall, transport layer security with session-aware user authentication offers a promising approach to solving man-in-the-middle attack problems by leveraging the legacy authentication mechanisms and systems that the general public has become accustomed to using.
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Index Terms:
man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks, security, user authentication, SSL/TLS protocols
Citation:
Rolf Oppliger, Ralf Hauser, David Basin, "SSL/TLS Session-Aware User Authentication," Computer, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 59-65, Mar. 2008, doi:10.1109/MC.2008.98