Patent ID: 8763100

Claim:
An entity authentication method with introduction of an online third party, comprising the steps of: 1) transmitting, by an entity B, to an entity A a message 1 comprising a random number R B and an optional text Text1; 2) transmitting, by the entity A, to a trusted third party TP a message 2 comprising the random number R B , an identity I A and an optional text Text2 upon reception of the message 1 ; 3) examining, by the trusted third party TP, the entity A for legality against the identity I A upon reception of the message 2 ; 4) returning, by the trusted third party TP, to the entity A a message 3 comprising an entity verification result Res A , a token TokenTA and an optional text Text4 after examining the entity A for legality; 5) transmitting, by the entity A, to the entity B a message 4 comprising the entity verification result Res A , the token TokenTA and a token TokenAB upon reception of the message 3 ; and 6) verifying, by the entity B, upon reception of the message 4 , wherein the step 6) comprises: 6.1) verifying a signature of the trusted third party TP in TokenTA and examining the random number R B generated by the entity B in the message 1 and the random number R B in the signature of the trusted third party TP comprised in TokenTA for consistency, and performing a step 6.2) if the verification is passed; 6.2) obtaining the verification result Res A of the entity A, and performing a step 6.3) if the entity A is legally valid; otherwise, ending; and 6.3) obtaining a public key of the entity A, verifying a signature of the entity A in TokenAB, examining the random number R B generated by the entity B in the message 1 and the random number R B in the signature of the entity A comprised in TokenAB for consistency, and finishing, by the entity B, authentication of the entity A if the verification is passed; and wherein the entity A and the entity B include a transmitter to transmit messages and a receiver to receive messages.