JP2012014413A - Key stroke authentication system, key stroke authentication method, and key stroke information acquisition control program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a network load and leakage risk of key stroke information, which is personal information, in key stroke authentication more than before.SOLUTION: In a key stroke authentication system, a client 3 includes: key stroke information acquisition means 32 for acquiring key stroke information and transmitting it to an authentication server 2; and control means 31 for activating the key stroke information acquisition means 32, when an application server 1 is accessed. The authentication server 2 includes calculation means 21 for calculating similarity between the key stroke information transmitted by the client 3 and the key stroke information stored in storage means 23 and transmitting the calculated similarity to the application server 1. The application server 1 includes authentication means 11 for performing personal authentication using the similarity.

Description

  The present invention relates to a keystroke authentication technique.

  In e-learning, a student who has registered in advance logs in to the e-learning site, and classes are conducted via the network. In order to certify credit for such e-learning classes, it is necessary to authenticate the identity of the students who have taken the course.

  In general e-learning, the user is authenticated only at the time of login, and the user is not authenticated during the course. It is considered that students have taken the course by sending a quiz or quiz on the web, accrediting credits and completing classes.

  Also, for e-learning classes where personal authentication is highly important, such as qualification, it is necessary to continuously perform personal authentication even during the course, such as face authentication by image processing using a Web camera, However, authentication is performed by manually matching a camera image with a photograph.

  In recent years, keystroke dynamics (hereinafter referred to as “keystroke authentication”) has been studied as an authentication technique for authenticating a user who has accessed a computer. Keystroke authentication is one of biometrics (biometric authentication). A person's keystroke (computer keyboard typing) has a pattern unique to that person, and keystroke authentication uses this property for authentication. Keystroke authentication is described in Non-Patent Document 1, for example.

“Keystroke dynamics identification in atypical Japanese sentence input”, Toshiharu Samura, Haruhiko Nishimura, Transactions of the Institute of Systems, Control and Information Engineers, Vol.22, No.4, pp. 145-153, 2009

  In a system that continuously requires personal authentication such as e-learning, when using expensive hardware such as a Web camera, vein authentication device, fingerprint authentication device, etc., the side that prepares the expensive hardware (service providing side) (Or the student side) has a problem that a large cost is required. It is also conceivable to periodically send login information to the server. In this case, however, the lesson is interrupted, and there is a problem that the user's operation load occurs and the convenience of the user is impaired.

  In addition, when keystroke authentication is used, keystroke information, which is personal information, is always sent to the server, and personal information is leaked. There's a problem.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to further reduce the risk of leakage of keystroke information, which is personal information, while further reducing the load on the network in keystroke authentication. It is in.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a keystroke authentication system comprising a client used by a user, an application server that provides a predetermined service to the client, and an authentication server that performs keystroke authentication. The client acquires keystroke information and sends keystroke information acquired to the authentication server, and control for activating the keystroke information acquisition means when accessing the application server The authentication server uses storage means in which keystroke information of each user is registered, keystroke information transmitted from the client, and the client stored in the storage means. Similarity with user keystroke information Calculated, comprising a calculation unit configured to transmit the calculated similarity to the application server, wherein the application server comprises an authentication means for performing authentication by using the similarity.

  The present invention is also a keystroke authentication method performed by a keystroke authentication system comprising a client used by a user, an application server that provides a predetermined service to the client, and an authentication server that performs keystroke authentication. The client has an access step of accessing the application server, a keystroke information acquisition step of acquiring keystroke information triggered by access of the access step, and transmitting the acquired keystroke information to the authentication server; The authentication server is similar to the keystroke information transmitted from the client and the keystroke information of the user using the client stored in the storage means in which the keystroke information of each user is registered. Is calculated, the calculated similarity performed, a calculation step of transmitting to said application server, the application server performs authentication step of performing authentication by using the similarity.

  The present invention is also a keystroke information acquisition control program executed by a client that transmits keystroke information to a server that performs keystroke authentication, and activates a keystroke program that acquires keystroke information to the client. A starting step, a stopping step for stopping acquisition of keystroke information at a predetermined timing, is executed.

  According to the present invention, in keystroke authentication, it is possible to further reduce the load on the network and further reduce the risk of leakage of keystroke information that is personal information.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a keystroke authentication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows the process of this embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a keystroke authentication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The keystroke authentication system of this embodiment includes an application server 1 that provides a predetermined service to the client 3, an authentication server 2 that performs keystroke authentication, and a client 3. The client 3 is connected to the application server 1 and the authentication server 2 via a network 9 such as the Internet. The e-learning server 1 and the authentication server 2 are connected by a network 8 such as a LAN.

  In the present embodiment, the application server will be described below as an e-learning server that provides an e-learning service. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the application server 1 may be various other than the e-learning server. It may be a simple server.

  The e-learning server (application server) 1 provides an e-learning service to the client 3 via the network 9. Specifically, the user (client 3) who performs e-learning is managed, e-learning lessons / contents are distributed, and credits and qualifications are certified. The illustrated e-learning server 1 includes a login authentication unit 11 that performs authentication at the time of login from the client 3 and a service providing unit 12 that provides an e-learning service.

  The authentication server 2 receives keystroke information from the client 3 at a predetermined timing while the user is taking e-learning using the client 3, performs keystroke authentication, and transmits an authentication result to the e-learning server 1. The illustrated authentication server 2 includes a keystroke authentication unit 21 that performs keystroke authentication using the template information storage unit 23, and a notification unit that notifies the e-learning server 1 of warning information according to the authentication result of the keystroke authentication unit 21. 22 and a template information storage unit 23.

  In the template information storage unit 23, template information of each user is registered in advance. The template information is a feature amount indicating a keystroke feature unique to each user. Before starting keystroke authentication, keystroke information of each user is registered in the template information storage unit 23 as template information. The template information is stored in association with the user ID.

  The client 3 is a terminal used by a user (user) who uses a service provided by the e-learning server 1, and may be a PC (Personal Computer), for example. Based on the user's instruction, the client 3 accesses the e-learning server 1, receives content related to the lesson, outputs it to an output device such as a display, and transmits the information instructed by the content to the e-learning server 1. To do. In addition, the client 3 extracts a feature amount (keystroke information) from the keystroke input by the user at a predetermined timing, and transmits it to the authentication server 2.

  The illustrated client 3 includes a control unit 31 that controls activation and stop of the keystroke information acquisition unit 32, and a key that extracts keystroke information (feature amount) from the keystrokes keyed by the user and transmits the keystroke information to the authentication server 2. Stroke information acquisition unit 32, display unit 33 that displays information (icons) on the state of keystroke information acquisition unit 32 on a display, storage unit 34 in which information about a predetermined application server is registered, and keystroke information acquisition unit A buffer storage unit 35 for storing data relating to the keystrokes collected 32.

  As the e-learning server 1, the authentication server 2, and the client 3 described above, for example, a computer system including at least a CPU, a memory, and a storage device such as an HDD can be used. In this computer system, each function of each device is realized by the CPU executing a predetermined program loaded on the memory. For example, the functions of the e-learning server 1, the authentication server 2, and the client 3 are the CPU of the e-learning server 1 in the case of a program for the e-learning server 1 and the CPU of the authentication server 2 in the case of a program for the authentication server 2. However, in the case of a program for the client 3, the CPU of the client 3 is implemented by executing each program.

  Next, the generation process of this embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram showing access processing to the e-learning server 1 of the present embodiment. First, the control unit 31 of the client 3 receives a user instruction, accesses the e-learning server 1 (e-learning site), and transmits a login request (S11). At this time, the control unit 31 determines whether or not the access destination e-learning server 1 is a keystroke authentication site stored in the storage unit 34, and in this embodiment, the e-learning server 1 performs the keystroke authentication. Since this is a site for the user, the keystroke information acquisition unit 32 (keystroke program) is activated.

  As a result, the keystroke information acquisition unit 32 starts to acquire data related to the keystroke input (typed) by the user on the keyboard of the client 3. The keystroke information acquisition unit 32 stores / accumulates data related to the acquired keystroke in the buffer storage unit 35. In addition, at the timing when the keystroke information acquisition unit 32 is activated, the display unit 33 stops the activation of the keystroke information acquisition unit 32 with information (for example, an icon) indicating that keystroke information is being acquired. Show up on the display.

  When receiving the login request in S11, the login authentication unit 11 of the e-learning server 1 transmits a predetermined login screen to the requesting client 3 (S12). The client 3 receives the login screen and displays it on the display, and transmits the login information (for example, user ID, password, etc.) input by the user to the login screen to the e-learning server 1 (S13).

  The login authentication unit 11 of the e-learning server 1 refers to a login information storage unit (not shown) in which login information of each user is stored, and determines whether or not the login information transmitted from the client 3 is valid. Determine. If the login information is valid, the service providing unit 12 starts providing the e-learning service to the client 3 (S14). That is, the service providing unit 12 starts distributing content related to e-learning. If the login information is invalid, the login authentication unit 11 transmits an error screen or a login screen to the client 3.

  With the start of e-learning in S14, various contents are displayed on the display of the client 3, and the user performs key input using the keyboard in accordance with the instructions of the contents. Since the keystroke information acquisition unit 32 is activated in S <b> 11, data relating to keystrokes input (typed) by the user on the keyboard of the client 3 is accumulated in the buffer storage unit 35. The keystroke information acquisition unit 32 generates keystroke information that is a feature amount of the keystroke at a predetermined timing using the acquired data related to the keystroke.

  Specifically, the keystroke information acquisition unit 32 acquires keystroke data such as a key press time and a key release time for each input key, and presses each key press time (from key press to key release). Until the next key is pressed after pressing the first key, the time from when the first key is released until the next key is pressed, and after the first key is released Keystroke information (keystroke feature value) such as the time until the next key is released is extracted. As for the extraction of keystroke information, for example, as described in Non-Patent Document 1 mentioned above, the above average and standard deviation of time are used.

  Then, the keystroke information acquisition unit 32 sends the generated / extracted keystroke information to the authentication server 2 together with the user ID of the user taking the e-learning service at a predetermined timing (for example, every 300 keystrokes). Transmit (S15). While transmitting the keystroke information, the display unit 33 displays information (for example, an icon) indicating that the keystroke information is being transmitted on the display.

  The keystroke authentication unit 21 of the authentication server 2 receives the keystroke information transmitted from the client 3 and receives the keystroke information and the template information corresponding to the user ID registered in advance in the template information storage unit 23. The similarity (authentication rate) is calculated by comparison and collation, and keystroke authentication is performed based on the calculated similarity. That is, the keystroke authentication unit 21 determines that the user is a legitimate user when the similarity is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, and determines that the user is an unauthorized user when the similarity is less than the predetermined threshold.

  When the keystroke authentication unit 21 determines that the user is an unauthorized user, the notification unit 22 transmits warning information to the e-learning server 1 together with the user ID (S151). The warning information may include a similarity. Upon receiving the warning information from the authentication server 2, the service providing unit 12 of the e-learning server 1 performs a predetermined control process (S152). As the predetermined control process, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, it is conceivable to stop providing the e-learning service to the client 3 corresponding to the user ID transmitted together with the warning information. Specifically, the service providing unit 12 performs processing such as disconnecting the session with the client 3, logging out, transmitting an error screen, and transmitting a login screen to input login information again.

  Further, as predetermined control processing, the unit authorization of the user ID is canceled (cancelled), and in the case of a plurality of courses, a warning message is transmitted to the client 3 of the user ID in the middle of the course, And so on.

  On the other hand, if the keystroke authentication unit 21 determines that the user is a valid user, the e-learning service is continuously provided to the client without being interrupted. When the e-learning service ends, the control unit 31 of the client 3 transmits a logout request to the e-learning server 1 according to a user instruction and stops the keystroke information acquisition unit 32 (S16). Thereby, the recording of the data relating to the keystroke to the buffer storage unit 35 is also completed. The display unit 33 deletes information indicating that the keystroke information displayed in S11 is being acquired from the display at the timing when the keystroke information acquisition unit 32 is stopped. That is, the display of the information is terminated.

  The service providing unit 12 of the e-learning server 1 that has received the log-out request ends the e-learning service and performs log-out processing.

  In the process shown in FIG. 2, the authentication server 2 calculates the degree of similarity using the keystroke information transmitted from the client 3 in S15, and determines whether the authentication server 2 is equal to or greater than the threshold and performs the personal authentication. However, the e-learning server 1 may perform this personal authentication (determination as to whether or not the threshold value is exceeded). That is, the keystroke authentication unit 21 (calculation unit) of the authentication server 2 calculates the similarity using the keystroke information, and transmits the calculated similarity to the e-learning server 1 together with the user ID. The keystroke authentication unit 21 (calculation means) transmits the similarity to the e-learning server 1 either sequentially or by collecting a plurality of similarities for a predetermined period (for example, one lecture). It is possible. The login authentication unit 11 of the e-learning server 1 uses the similarity received from the authentication server 2 to authenticate the user having the user ID. That is, it is determined whether or not the received similarity is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value. If the received similarity is smaller than the predetermined threshold value, the predetermined control process (S152) described above is performed. Note that the predetermined threshold value is stored in a storage unit (not shown) of the e-learning server 1.

  As a result, when there are a plurality of e-learning servers 1, threshold values according to the operation policy of each e-learning server 1 are set in the storage unit of each e-learning server 1. Correspondingly, the e-learning server 1 can flexibly determine whether the authentication is OK or the authentication NG depending on the similarity of the keystroke authentication. In other words, on the e-Learning server side, if you want to operate personal authentication strictly, set a high threshold value. Flexible operation can be performed.

  Similarly, the keystroke authentication unit 21 (calculation unit) transmits a plurality of similarities for a predetermined period (for example, for one lecture) to the client 3 every time the similarities are calculated. May be. Thereby, the control part 3 of the client 3 is good also as displaying each similarity received from the authentication server 2 on a display. By displaying the similarity on the display, for example, when a similarity less than a predetermined threshold is displayed, the user may voluntarily perform a logout operation. Further, the control unit 3 of the client 3 determines whether or not each similarity received from the authentication server 2 is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold, and if a similarity lower than the predetermined threshold is received, the control unit 3 forcibly The logout request may be transmitted to the e-learning server 10 to log out from the e-learning service.

  In the present embodiment described above, keystroke authentication is used when the service is continued for a certain period of time, such as an e-learning service, and continuous authentication is required in addition to the user authentication at the start of the service. Thus, expensive hardware can be eliminated. In addition, since the keystroke information is transmitted to the authentication server 2 when the user performs a keyboard input, the user continues to authenticate the user unconsciously without interrupting the service provided by the application server 1. It can be carried out. Thereby, a user's convenience can be improved.

  In the present embodiment, the keystroke information acquisition unit 32 is activated only when accessing the application server (keystroke authentication site) registered in the storage unit 34 of the client 3, and the keystroke information is obtained otherwise. Since it is desired to be transmitted, the load on the network can be further reduced and the risk of leakage of keystroke information, which is personal information, can be further reduced.

  In the present embodiment, while the keystroke information acquisition unit 32 is activated, information indicating that data relating to the keystroke is being acquired is displayed on the display of the client 3, and transmission of keystroke information is also performed. Since information indicating that transmission is sometimes performed is displayed, the user can easily confirm whether or not keystroke authentication is currently performed.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, since the application server 1 performs only login authentication and the subsequent continuous authentication is performed by the authentication server 2, it is possible to reduce the load related to authentication on the application server 1 side.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, Many deformation | transformation are possible within the range of the summary.

  For example, in the above embodiment, the keystroke information acquisition unit 32 is activated when accessing a predetermined application server registered in the storage unit 34 of the client 3. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in the storage unit 34 of the client 3, identification information / ID of at least one application program (for example, document generation software) included in the client is registered, and the client 3 The control unit 31 may activate the keystroke information acquisition unit 32 when an application program of identification information registered in the storage unit 34 is activated. As a result, the keystroke information acquisition unit 32 starts collecting data related to keystrokes and stores the data in the buffer storage unit 35. Then, when the application program ends, the control unit 31 stops the keystroke information acquisition unit 32.

  The keystroke information (feature amount) extracted / generated from the information stored in the buffer storage unit 35 in this way may be transmitted to the authentication server 2 to perform keystroke authentication. For example, instead of transmitting login information to the e-learning server 1 in S13 of FIG. 2, keystroke information (features) extracted and generated from information stored in the buffer storage unit 35 in advance is sent to the authentication server 2. The authentication server 2 may perform login authentication and notify the e-learning server 1 of the authentication result.

  This eliminates the need for login authentication processing on the e-learning server 1 side. In addition, by registering an application program to be used for creating a report in advance in the storage unit 34, keystroke information is acquired even during a lesson in which the content distributed mainly is viewed while taking the e-learning service. be able to.

  Moreover, the control part 31 of the client 3 is good also as stopping acquisition of keystroke information at a predetermined timing, after starting the keystroke information acquisition part 32 (keystroke program). Specifically, the predetermined timing is when a user instruction is accepted, when a predetermined application stored in the storage unit 34 is started, or when a predetermined Web site stored in the storage unit 34 is accessed. And so on. For example, when the user's instruction is accepted, the display unit 33 indicates that the keystroke information acquisition unit 32 is being activated as described above, and that the data of the keystroke is being acquired on the display of the client 3. The information shown is displayed. It is conceivable that the display unit 33 displays a stop button for stopping the acquisition of the keystroke together with the information being acquired. For a predetermined application, it may be possible to register in advance the application name input by the user in the storage unit 34. When accessing a predetermined Web site, a specific URL (for example, a URL beginning with https) may be registered in the storage unit 34 in advance, and the keystroke information acquisition unit 32 (keystroke program) is activated. For example, when the URL of the site being read is read and it is recognized that a site starting with https is accessed, for example, the acquisition of the keystroke may be stopped. Thereby, there exists an effect which obtains a user's sense of security.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Application server 11 Login authentication part 12 Service provision part 2 Authentication server 21 Keystroke authentication part 22 Notification part 23 Template information storage part 3 Client 31 Control part 32 Keystroke information acquisition part 33 Display part 34 Storage part 35 Buffer storage part 9 Network

Claims (8)

A keystroke authentication system,
A client used by a user, an application server that provides a predetermined service to the client, and an authentication server that performs keystroke authentication,
The client
Keystroke information acquisition means for acquiring keystroke information and transmitting the acquired keystroke information to the authentication server;
Control means for activating the keystroke information acquisition means when accessing the application server,
The authentication server is
Storage means in which keystroke information of each user is registered;
Calculation for calculating the similarity between the keystroke information transmitted from the client and the keystroke information of the user using the client stored in the storage unit, and transmitting the calculated similarity to the application server Means, and
The application server is
A keystroke authentication system comprising authentication means for performing identity authentication using the similarity. The keystroke authentication system according to claim 1,
The application server is
An e-learning server that provides e-learning services to the client,
The keystroke authentication system, wherein the authentication means performs a predetermined control process when the similarity is smaller than a predetermined threshold. The keystroke authentication system according to claim 1 or 2,
The client
Information indicating that keystroke information is being acquired by the keystroke information acquisition means, or information indicating that keystroke information is being transmitted to the authentication server by the keystroke information acquisition means A keystroke authentication system, further comprising display means for displaying information. The keystroke authentication system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The client
Buffer means for storing the keystroke information acquired by the keystroke information acquisition means;
The control means activates keystroke information acquisition means when a predetermined application provided in the client is activated,
The keystroke information acquisition unit stores the acquired keystroke information in the buffer unit. A keystroke authentication method performed by a keystroke authentication system comprising a client used by a user, an application server that provides a predetermined service to the client, and an authentication server that performs keystroke authentication,
The client
An access step for accessing the application server;
Triggered by access in the access step, obtain keystroke information, and perform a keystroke information acquisition step of transmitting the acquired keystroke information to the authentication server,
The authentication server is
Calculate the similarity between the keystroke information transmitted from the client and the keystroke information of the user using the client stored in the storage means in which the keystroke information of each user is registered, and the calculated similarity Performing a calculation step of transmitting a degree to the application server,
The application server is
An authentication step for performing identity authentication using the similarity is performed. A keystroke authentication method according to claim 5, wherein
The application server is
The keystroke authentication method characterized in that the authentication step performs a predetermined control process when the similarity is smaller than a predetermined threshold. A keystroke information acquisition control program executed by a client that transmits keystroke information to a server that performs keystroke authentication,
To the client,
An activation step that activates a keystroke program to obtain keystroke information;
A stop step for stopping the acquisition of keystroke information at a predetermined timing;
Keystroke information acquisition control program for executing A keystroke information acquisition control program according to claim 7,
The predetermined timing is when a user instruction is received, when a predetermined application stored in a storage unit is started, or when a predetermined Web site stored in the storage unit is accessed. Keystroke information acquisition control program.

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