| 摘要 |
Although widely used, electronic crypto-systems' complexity are, in a sense, their biggest weakness. In that sense, users' lack of understanding of cryptographic fundamentals represents the weakest-link in the security of electronic messages systems that use highly sophisticated encryption algorithms. This invention improves the cryptographic processes of identification and authentication by simplifying them; making cryptographic identification as natural to the user as recognizing the face of a speaker. By representing cryptographic identification information as a face, authenticating the source of an electronic message can be done in a way that emulates the centuries-old method of visually recognizing the person to whom you are speaking.;This invention regards a method of key-fingerprint visualization that is unique, reproducible, and nearly impossible to forge which aims to improve the usability of crypto-systems by creating a visual representation of the key-fingerprint as a face. This makes the process of key verification faster, more reliable, and natural to the user. Instead of asking the user to compare hexadecimal strings, the key-fingerprint is visualized in a way that takes advantage of the brain's natural ability to recognize faces. |
