A New Approach for Electronic Signature

Gianluca Lax, Francesco Buccafurri, Serena Nicolazzo, Antonino Nocera, Lidia Fotia

2016

Abstract

There are many application contexts in which guaranteeing authenticity and integrity of documents is essential. In these cases, the typical solution relies on digital signature, which is based on the use of a PKI infrastructure and suitable devices (smart card or token USB). For several reasons, including certificate and device cost, many countries, such as the United States, the European Union, India, Brazil and Australia, have introduced the possibility to use simple generic electronic signature, which is less secure but reduces the drawbacks of digital signature. In this paper, we propose a new type of electronic signature that is based on the use of social networks. We formalize the proposal in a generic scenario and, then, show a possible implementation on Twitter. Our proposal is proved to be secure, cheap and simple to adopt.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Lax G., Buccafurri F., Nicolazzo S., Nocera A. and Fotia L. (2016). A New Approach for Electronic Signature . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP, ISBN 978-989-758-167-0, pages 440-447. DOI: 10.5220/0005743404400447

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icissp16,
author={Gianluca Lax and Francesco Buccafurri and Serena Nicolazzo and Antonino Nocera and Lidia Fotia},
title={A New Approach for Electronic Signature},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP,},
year={2016},
pages={440-447},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005743404400447},
isbn={978-989-758-167-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP,
TI - A New Approach for Electronic Signature
SN - 978-989-758-167-0
AU - Lax G.
AU - Buccafurri F.
AU - Nicolazzo S.
AU - Nocera A.
AU - Fotia L.
PY - 2016
SP - 440
EP - 447
DO - 10.5220/0005743404400447