Multifactor authentication using a kinect sensor

Authors

  • Fatima Moumtadi Ph. D. en Televisión Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
  • Luis Alfonso García-Vázquez M.I. Telecomunicaciones Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15332/iteckne.v13i1.1379

Keywords:

Kinect, multifactor, authentication

Abstract

In this paper a multifactor authentication system by using Kinect sensor and computer equipment was developed. It was used the C# language for coding with the development  environment  and tools  provided by  the  manufacturer  for  Windows  operating  system,  to choose a combination of authentication methods to reduce  the  ability  of  a  non-authorized  user  to  be  eligible to access a certain place or system. Five methods were chosen to  obtain  the  multifactor authentication,  covering the three categories of authentication methods: Information keys, physical keys and biometric keys, based respectively in something the person knows, something the person has and something the person is. A reliable, robust and easy to use authentication system was achieved, favoring the reliability and reducing the complexity of each of the individual methods. It proved to be possible to develop a multifactor authentication system with Kinect sensor.

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Published

2016-04-04

How to Cite

Moumtadi, F., & García-Vázquez, L. A. (2016). Multifactor authentication using a kinect sensor. ITECKNE, 13(1), 23–35. https://doi.org/10.15332/iteckne.v13i1.1379

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Research and Innovation Articles