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PINtext: A Framework for Secure Communication Based on Context

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Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking, and Services (MobiQuitous 2011)

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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.

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  1. National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan

    Stephan Sigg & Yusheng Ji

  2. TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

    Dominik Schuermann

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  1. Networking Lab-ISIN SUPSI-DTI, University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland, Centro Galleria 2, 6928, Mano, Switzerland

    Alessandro Puiatti

  2. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, Odense, Denmark

    Tao Gu

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Sigg, S., Schuermann, D., Ji, Y. (2012). PINtext: A Framework for Secure Communication Based on Context. In: Puiatti, A., Gu, T. (eds) Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking, and Services. MobiQuitous 2011. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 104. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30973-1_31

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