Privacy Preserving Authentication Using Zero Knowledge Proofs

Title

Privacy Preserving Authentication Using Zero Knowledge Proofs

Creator

Abraham, Anina; Hiremath, Manjunatha; Pohrmen, Fabiola Hazel

Description

Conventional authentication techniques, such as one-time passwords and passwords, are extremely susceptible to data breaches, credential theft, and phishing attacks. These vulnerabilities are increased when using shared or public devices. This paper proposes a password-less authentication architecture for various environments and organization based on Zero-Knowledge Proofs in order to overcome these issues. The proposed model ensures that no sensitive credentials are sent or retained by having a user demonstrate that they possess a secret without disclosing it to the server. In doing so, the attack surface linked to traditional login methods is greatly reduced. The framework is meant to be scalable, lightweight and easy to integrate with learning management systems, corporate sites, online test platforms, and university websites. 2025 IEEE.

Source

2025 17th IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks, CICN 2025;pp.1003-1008

Date

01-01-2025

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Subject

Cybersecurity; Privacy-Preserving Authentication; Schnorr protocol; z k-SNARKs; z k-STARKs; Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP)

Coverage

Abraham A., Christ University, Bengaluru, India; Hiremath M., Christ University, Bengaluru, India; Pohrmen F.H., Christ University, Bengaluru, India

Rights

Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library

Relation

ISBN: 979-833158733-8;

Format

online

Language

English

Type

Conference paper

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1109/CICN67655.2025.11368139

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