Authentication using Smart Contracts in a Blockchain

dc.contributor.author	Borgsten, Eric
dc.contributor.author	Jiang, Oskar
dc.contributor.department	Chalmers tekniska högskola / Institutionen för data- och informationsteknik (Chalmers)	sv
dc.contributor.department	Chalmers University of Technology / Department of Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers)	en
dc.date.accessioned	2019-07-03T14:55:50Z
dc.date.available	2019-07-03T14:55:50Z
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.description.abstract	A challenge with user authentication using passwords is to ensure that they are kept in a safe storage. The most commonly used approach to achieve this is to have a centralized storage with high security measurements but this puts this storage at high risk of being targeted in an attack. We propose an authentication method using a Smart Contracts in a blockchain as a public key storage to solve this issue. This enables same security standards as traditional authentication, with increased availability and usability. Our results show that this method of authentication is a viable alternative to existing ones.
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12380/256254
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.setspec.uppsok	Technology
dc.subject	Data- och informationsvetenskap
dc.subject	Computer and Information Science
dc.title	Authentication using Smart Contracts in a Blockchain
dc.type.degree	Examensarbete för masterexamen	sv
dc.type.degree	Master Thesis	en
dc.type.uppsok	H
local.programme	Computer systems and networks (MPCSN), MSc

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