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A Distributed Identity Handling Approach Enriched with Identity Semantics

Authors:
Mohammad M. R. Chowdhury
Josef Noll

Keywords: authentication, authorization, identity, ontology, role, relationship

Abstract:
People rely on many forms of identities to access offline and online services. The inconvenience of possessing and using identities creates significant security vulnerability. This paper proposes an identity handling mechanism enriched with identity semantics which is believed to ease and secure identity usage. In this regard, user’s identities are classified into personal, corporate and social identities, and they are going to be distributed over user’s personal device and a secure network place. Corporate and social identities are represented through user’s roles and relationships exploiting Web Ontology Language. Secure service access is ensured through multi-factor authentication method. Access is further restricted through authorization making use of user’s defined roles and relationships. This paper demonstrates an implementation of service access by means of authentication and authorization through one’s personal and corporate or social identities. The proposed solution is analyzed and compared with other relevant concepts, methods and solutions.

Pages: 1 to 14

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2008. Used with permission.

Publication date: February 24, 2009

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ISSN: 1942-2636