Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking, and Services. 8th International ICST Conference, MobiQuitous 2011, Copenhagen, Denmark, December 6-9, 2011, Revised Selected Papers

Research Article

PINtext: A Framework for Secure Communication Based on Context

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-30973-1_31,
        author={Stephan Sigg and Dominik Schuermann and Yusheng Ji},
        title={PINtext: A Framework for Secure Communication Based on Context},
        proceedings={Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking, and Services. 8th International ICST Conference, MobiQuitous 2011, Copenhagen, Denmark, December 6-9, 2011, Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={MOBIQUITOUS},
        year={2012},
        month={10},
        keywords={},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-30973-1_31}
    }
    
  • Stephan Sigg
    Dominik Schuermann
    Yusheng Ji
    Year: 2012
    PINtext: A Framework for Secure Communication Based on Context
    MOBIQUITOUS
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-30973-1_31
Stephan Sigg1,*, Dominik Schuermann2,*, Yusheng Ji1,*
  • 1: National Institute of Informatics
  • 2: TU Braunschweig
*Contact email: sigg@nii.ac.jp, d.schuermann@tu-braunschweig.de, kei@nii.ac.jp

Abstract

We propose a framework for secure device-pairing based on contextual information. In contrast to related work, we utilise fuzzy cryptography schemes to establish a common secret among devices and to account for noise in the contextual features. The framework is implemented for ambient audio and its feasibility is demonstrated in a case study. Additionally, we discuss properties of fingerprints from ambient audio and estimate the entropy of fingerprints in statistical tests.