摘要 |
<p>Method and system for authenticating an entity. Users (A, B) are provided with sets of authentication codes (3-5), each set comprising at least one secret (3), a private key QR-code (4) and a matching public key QR-code (5), the private and public key QR-codes being QR-codes generated from respectively a first string (1) comprising an URL of an authentication server system (10) and a PKI private key and a second string (2) comprising the same URL and a matching PKI public key. Upon receipt on the authentication server system (10) of one of the first strings (1) as a result of a first user scanning the respective private key QR-code (4), an action definition procedure is performed in which the first user is requested to enter a secret (3) of the same set of authentication codes (3-5). If a check returns a positive result, the first user can define a set of actions to be performed upon receipt of the second string (2) belonging to the same set of authentication codes on the authentication server system (10).</p> |