Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Password-less authentication using key agreement and multi-party computation (MPC)
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Application No.: US17480806Application Date: 2021-09-21
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Publication No.: US11743044B2Publication Date: 2023-08-29
- Inventor: Prasad Peddada , Taher Elgamal , Vishal Agarwal
- Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Francisco
- Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Francisco
- Agency: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
- Main IPC: H04L9/30
- IPC: H04L9/30 ; H04L9/08 ; H04L9/32

Abstract:
Multiple systems, methods, and computer program product embodiments for password-less authentication using key agreement and multi-party computation (MPC). In one or more embodiments, following an authentication request received by a host computing device, the host computing device and a user computing device generate a shared key using a key agreement algorithm. Then, the host computing device generates a challenge that is encrypted using the shared key and transmitted to the user computing device. The user computing device decrypts the challenge after regenerating the shared key and sends the decrypted result to the host computing device as the challenge response. The authentication request is granted by the host computing device if the challenge and the challenge response match. New keys and a new challenge are generated for each authentication request. This process relies on public key cryptography eliminating the needs for passwords.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230089865A1 PASSWORD-LESS AUTHENTICATION USING KEY AGREEMENT AND MULTI-PARTY COMPUTATION (MPC) Public/Granted day:2023-03-23
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