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Identity authentication method
Passwordless authentication is an authentication method in which a user can log in to a computer system without entering a password or any other knowledge-based secret. In most common implementations, users are asked to enter their public identifier and then complete the authentication process by providing a secure proof of identity through a registered device or token. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Passwordless authenticationA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Breaking Barriers: Passwordless Authentication as the Future of SecurityInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Fundamentals of Passwordless AuthenticationThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Password authentication with insecure communicationCited 2,016 times
- Go sideways: AuthenticatorA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Multi-factor authenticationA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Password authentication with insecure communication
Comparing passwords, tokens, and biometrics for user authentication
Advancing Passwordless Authentication: A Systematic Review of Methods, Challenges, and Future Directions for Secure User Identity
Passwordless Authentication Using a Combination of Cryptography, Steganography, and Biometrics
Hardware, Biometric and Passwordless Authentication: Vulnerability and Cybercrime Issues
A Passwordless Authentication Mechanism for the Web Using Self-Sovereign Identity
PASSWORDLESS AUTHENTICATION: ENHANCING SECURITY AND USER EXPERIENCE IN MODERN DIGITAL ECOSYSTEMS
MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION AND PASSWORDLESS AUTHENTICATION: THE FUTURE OF SAAS SECURITY
🆕 Influential since 2022
Breaking Barriers: Passwordless Authentication as the Future of Security
Usability Evaluation of a Push‐Based Passwordless Authentication Model Using Public‐Key Cryptography
ThPlA: Threshold Passwordless Authentication Made Usable and Scalable
The Usability Paradigm in Passwordless Authentication : A Comparative Study of YubiKey and Passkey Implementations
Continuous Behavioral Biometrics for Passwordless Authentication: A Trust Engine - Privacy Preserving, On Device Trust Engine for Mobile and Wearables
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Fundamentals of Passwordless AuthenticationKaustubh Dhondge · 2025
Hacking Linux exposedBri Hatch, James Lee · 2001
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
🔗 Related topics
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- Multi-factor authentication Multi-factor authentication (MFA), also known as two-factor authentication (2FA), is an electronic authentication method in which a user is granted access…
- One-time password A one-time password (OTP), also known as a one-time PIN, one-time passcode, one-time authorization code (OTAC) or dynamic password, is a password that…
- Electronic authentication Electronic authentication is the process of establishing confidence in user identities electronically presented to an information system. Digital authentication…
- Security token A security token is a peripheral device used to gain access to an electronically restricted resource. The token is used in addition to, or in place of…
- Biometric tokenization Biometric tokenization is the process of substituting a stored biometric template with a non-sensitive equivalent, called a token, that lacks extrinsic…
- RSA SecurID RSA SecurID is a mechanism developed by RSA for performing two-factor authentication for a user to a network resource. The RSA SecurID authentication mechanism…
- WebAuthn Web Authentication (WebAuthn) is a web standard published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). It defines an API that websites use to authenticate with…