In this paper, we compare the performance of descriptors computed for local interest
regions, as, for example, extracted by the Harris-Affine detector [Mikolajczyk, K and Schmid …

Password-based authenticated key exchange are protocols which are designed to be
secure even when the secret key or password shared between two users is drawn from a …

The first edition of this book was published in 2003. Inevitably, certain parts of the book
became outdated quickly. At the same time new developments have continued apace …

We describe fast new algorithms to implement recent cryptosystems based on the Tate
pairing. In particular, our techniques improve pairing evaluation speed by a factor of about …

Human-memorable passwords are a mainstay of computer security. To decrease
vulnerability of passwords to brute-force dictionary attacks, many organizations enforce …

Forgery and counterfeiting are emerging as serious security risks in low-cost pervasive
computing devices. These devices lack the computational, storage, power, and …

7 299 503 B2* 11/2007 Ballard ““““““““““““““726/29 Ware and the secure Web site being
accessed, such that it is 7,363,500 B2* 4/2008 Funk,,,,,, n,, 713/180 unique to both. In this …

Password authentication is the dominant form of access control for the Web and mobile
devices, and its practicality and ubiquity is unlikely to be replaced by other authentication …

Password-based encrypted key exchange are protocols that are designed to provide pair of
users communicating over an unreliable channel with a secure session key even when the …

In recent years, the rapid and wide-ranging implementation of a cloud-based electronic
healthcare record (EHR) storage system has shown significant advantages in effectively …