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Enhancing Captive Portal Authentication with Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKP)

2024; Volume: 186; Issue: 48 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5120/ijca2024924144

0975-8887

Gomathi Thiyagarajan,

Advanced Malware Detection Techniques

Captive portals are widely used to authenticate users in public and semi-public networks; still, they face significant issues regarding user privacy and security.Traditional authentication schemes, such as combinations of usernames and passwords or social logins, often violate users' privacy and are exposed to various attacks.This paper promotes the adoption of Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKP) to enhance the security and confidentiality of captive portal authentication systems.Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) allows users to prove authentication without exposing any information in a secure and privacypreserving way.This paper gives a conceptual framework for integrating ZKP into captive portal systems, identifies significant advantages like better security and user anonymity, and constrains the dominant challenges during implementation.These findings propose that ZKP significantly strengthens the process of captive portal authentication, mainly by removing concerns connected with privacy and reducing risks related to attacks on user credentials.In addition, the concrete applications of Zero-Knowledge Proofs in this setting are discussed, and suggestions for future research toward further generalizing and optimizing the proposed solution are given.