Patent ID: 9167428
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for authenticating an entity, comprising the steps of: providing first and second users with sets of authentication codes, each set comprising at least one secret, a private key container and a matching public key container, the private and public key containers being generated from respectively a first string comprising a domain name of an authentication server system and a PKI private key and a second string comprising the same domain name and a matching PKI public key; receiving on the authentication server system one of the first strings as a result of a first user reading the respective private key container by means of a compatible terminal arranged for reading said private and public key containers and/or entering said first and second strings onto the Internet, and performing the following action definition procedure: d) if the check returns a positive result, requesting the first user to define a set of actions which are to be performed upon receipt of the second string belonging to the same set of authentication codes on the authentication server system.