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INCITS/ISO/IEC 9798-6:2010[R2022]: Information technology - Security techniques - Entity authentication - Part 6: Mechanisms using manual data transfer (Inactive)

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Start: 2022-01-01 Completed: 2022-08-30

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Title of Standard:: Information technology - Security techniques - Entity authentication - Part 6: Mechanisms using manual data transfer

Scope Summary:: Specifies eight entity authentication mechanisms based on manual data transfer between authenticating devices. Four of these mechanisms are improved versions of mechanisms specified in ISO/IEC 9798-6:2005 since they use less user input and achieve more security. Such mechanisms can be appropriate in a variety of circumstances where there is no need for an existing public key infrastructure, shared secret keys or passwords. One such application occurs in personal networks, where the owner of two personal devices capable of wireless communications wishes them to perform an entity authentication procedure as part of the process of preparing them for use in the network. These mechanisms can also be used to support key management functions.

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