IDENTITY PROTECTION METHOD, DEVICES AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAMME PRODUCT

摘要

A method is provided for authenticating a client terminal with an authentication server. The client terminal holds an authentication certificate. The method includes the following phases: obtaining at least once encryption parameter by the client terminal; encrypting the authentication certificate by the client terminal, based on the at least one encryption parameter, delivering an encrypted authentication certificate; transmitting the encrypted authentication certificate to the server, obtaining the at least one encryption parameter by the server; obtaining the at east one encryption parameter by the server; decrypting the encrypted authentication certificate, based on the at least one encrypting parameter, authenticating and delivering an authentication assertion if the authentication is positive.