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Title:	Authentication for mobile computing
Author:	Keppler, Andreas
View Online:	njit-etd1994-012 (ix, 43 pages ~ 2.6 MB pdf)
Department:	Department of Computer and Information Science
Degree:	Master of Science
Program:	Computer Science
Document Type:	Thesis
Advisory Committee:	Parker, Bruce David (Committee chair) Rossak, Wilhelm (Committee member) Stoyenko, Alexander D. (Committee member)
Date:	1994-01
Keywords:	Computer security Portable computer--Access control
Availability:	Unrestricted
Abstract:	Host mobility is becoming an increasingly important feature with the recent arrival of laptop and palmtop computers, the development of wireless network interfaces and the implementation of global networks. Unfortunately, this mobile environment is also much more vulnerable to penetration by intruders. A possible means of protection can be authentication. This guarantees the identity of a communication peer. This thesis studies the constraints imposed on the mobile environment with respect to authentication. It compares the two prevailing authentication mechanisms, Kerberos and SPX, and tries to make suggestions of how a mechanism can be adapted to the mobile environment.