Blockchain-based Decentralized Password-less User Authentication System
Rajdeep Singh, Sankalp Khawade, Akshay Jinde, Yash Jain · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2019
IT around the world see the beginning of a new era, where passwords are considered as a relic of the past. The costs now outweigh the benefits of using passwords, which increasingly become predictable and leave users vulnerable to theft. Even the strongest passwords are easily phish-able. The motives to eliminate authentication systems using passwords are endlessly compelling and all too familiar to every enterprise IT organization. For enterprise IT departments, nothing costs more than password-support and maintenance. It's common practice for IT to attempt lessening password risk by employing stronger password complexity and demanding more frequent password changes. However, these tactics drive up IT help desk costs while leading to poor user experiences related to password reset requirements. Most importantly, this approach isn't enough for current cybersecurity threats and doesn't deliver on organizational information security needs. So in this project we are building a block chain based password-less user authentication system.