2020/06/08 by Zoltán Lux, Dirk Thatmann, Lux, Zoltán András +5 · 1 citation
Computer Science · Social Sciences · #Access Control and Trust #Cryptography and Data Security #Cryptography and Security (cs.CR) #Distributed #Distributed systems and fault tolerance #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Parallel #and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2006.04754
openalex publication_date 2020/06/08 · openalex created_date 2022/07/26 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Authentication with username and password is becoming an inconvenient process\nfor the user. End users typically have little control over their personal\nprivacy, and data breaches effecting millions of users have already happened\nseveral times. We have implemented a proof of concept decentralized OpenID\nConnect Provider by marrying it with Self-Sovereign Identity, which gives users\nthe freedom to choose from a very large pool of identity providers instead of\njust a select few corporations, thus enabling the democratization of the highly\ncentralized digital identity landscape. Furthermore, we propose a verifiable\ncredential powered decentralized Public Key Infrastructure using distributed\nledger technologies, which creates a straightforward and verifiable way for\nretrieving digital certificates.\n