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DOI: 10.1145/358790.358797

Password Authentication With Insecure Communication

Leslie Lamport

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A method of user password authentication is described which is secure even if an intruder can read the system's data, and can tamper with or eavesdrop on the communication between the user and the system. The method assumes a secure one-way encryption function and can be implemented with a microcomputer in the user's terminal.