The Parameterized Model Checking Problem (PMCP) is to decide whether a temporal property holds for a uniform family of systems, ¢¡ , comprised of finite, but arbitrarily many,...
Many eligibility or entitlement certificates in every day life are non-transferable between persons. However, they are usually implemented by personal physical tokens that owners c...
We propose a novel entity authentication approach for pervasive computing environments. A person uses a single device, the Master Key, which aggregates all his digital forms of ac...
In this paper we address the real-time capabilities of P-NET, which is a multi-master fieldbus standard based on a virtual token passing scheme. We show how P-NET's medium ac...
A novel protocol is proposed to address the problem of user authentication to smartcards using biometric authentication instead of the usual PIN. The protocol emulates expensive Ma...
Stefano Bistarelli, Stefano Frassi, Anna Vaccarell...