Digital Twin State Authentication for Brute-Force-Resistant Passwords
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing password systems are vulnerable to hacking and require complex, easily guessable secondary authentication methods, lacking sufficient security and user convenience.
Innovation Solution
Utilizing digital twins to simulate the operation of hardware or processes, deriving a password based on their updated states, and authenticating users with this dynamic password.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional password systems are used, then user authentication is simple, but security is vulnerable to hacking and brute force attacks
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms static passwords into dynamic, time-varying passwords that automatically change based on digital twin state transitions. Each state transition of the digital twin generates a new password, making the authentication system dynamic and resistant to brute force attacks while maintaining operational simplicity for users.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a digital twin as an intermediary between the user and the authentication system. The digital twin simulates hardware operation and generates passwords based on simulated state transitions, acting as a mediator that enhances security without requiring users to directly manage complex cryptographic keys or secrets.
2Reliability
If complex secondary authentication methods are implemented, then security improves, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service authentication where users interact with familiar hardware devices that automatically generate passwords through digital twin simulations. Users simply perform natural operations on the hardware, and the system automatically converts these operations into authentication credentials without requiring users to manually create or manage complex passwords.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter space of password generation from static user-defined strings to dynamic simulated hardware states. By varying the initial conditions and operational parameters of digital twin simulations, the system generates diverse, secure passwords that appear complex to the system but are naturally produced through simple user interactions with hardware.
3Reliability
If dynamic passwords based on digital twin states are generated, then security against brute force attacks improves, but computational overhead increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary computational work by pre-simulating hardware operation sequences and storing the resulting state transitions and generated passwords. By pre-computing and caching digital twin simulation results, the system reduces real-time computational overhead during authentication while maintaining high security through the use of pre-generated, cryptographically strong passwords.
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AI summary
Authenticating access to a system through the following operations: (i) determining at least one digital twin corresponding to a user; (ii) setting, by the user, modifications to at least one digital twin; (iii) generating, by the digital twin, a value based on the modifications; (iv) authenticating the user based on the generated value matching a stored value; and (v) based on the authentication, granting access to the system. A digital twin of a complex entity can have innumerable states based on the input values. In some embodiments, a new password can make an effect on a selected digital twin with one input or a sequence of inputs. The resulting state is transformed using a hashing algorithm to generate the final password, which is known only to the service provider, can act as a password.