Protocols for password-based authenticated key exchange (PAKE) allow two users who share only a short, low-entropy password to agree on a cryptographically strong session key. The...
We address the issue of encrypting data in local storage using a key that is derived from the user's password. The typical solution in use today is to derive the key from the...
In a password-based authentication system, to authenticate a user, a server typically stores password verification data (PVD), which is a value derived from the user’s password...