EP1943605A1

EP1943605A1 - Method and system for transmitting data from a first data processing device to a second data processing device

Info

Publication number: EP1943605A1
Application number: EP06807737A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Christian Hogl
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2005-11-04
Filing date: 2006-11-03
Publication date: 2008-07-16
Also published as: US8150034B2; US20120243682A1; WO2007051842A1; US20090067627A1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and a system for transmitting data from a first data processing device (2) to a second data processing device (1), wherein the first data processing device (2) has a display device (3). In the case of the method according to the invention, the second data processing device (1) generates an encrypted input mask and transmits it to the first data processing device (2) which displays it. The encrypted input mask is decrypted by being viewed through an optical filter having a decryption pattern, and the data to be transmitted are input to the first data processing device (2) using the input mask that has been decrypted by the optical filter and are transmitted to the second data processing device (1). The system according to the invention is characterized in that an optical filter containing a decryption pattern is assigned to the display device (3) of the first data processing device (2), the second data processing device (1) has a memory (10) which stores the decryption pattern or information relating to the decryption pattern of the filter, and the second data processing device (1) has a device (9) for generating an encrypted input mask, wherein the encrypted input mask can be generated on the basis of the stored decryption pattern or the stored information in such a manner that, when the encrypted input mask is displayed, it is decrypted by viewing it through the optical filter.

Description

Method and system for transferring data from a first data processing device to a second data processing device

The present invention relates to a method and a system for transmitting data from a first data processing device to a second data processing device, wherein the first data processing device has, in particular, a display device. Furthermore, the invention relates to an online banking method and a method for authenticating a user to a third party, in particular an e-commerce provider.

Secure data transmission is very important in networked data processing equipment. In particular, when confidential data is transmitted via a global network such as the Internet from one data processing device to another data processing device, the risk is particularly great that third parties try to gain knowledge of security-relevant or confidential data or exploit the transfer of these data for their own purposes. Securing sensitive data or doing business online with an ecommerce vendor on the Internet often involves simply entering a username and personal password. After the user has authenticated by entering this data, z. B. the online business with the e-commerce provider. A disadvantage of such a procedure is that third parties can handle on-line transactions in the name of the authorized user if they have gained access to the user name and the personal password of the user.

The following techniques are known with which unauthorized third parties unlawfully obtain confidential data from users:

The user is directed by a link to a fake website on which he enters his username and password (so-called "phishing") Furthermore, it is known, for example, the user via a manipulation of a DNS (Domain Name System), To direct servers to a fake website, which also leads to the correct manual input of the correct address (URL) of the website on a fake server (so-called "Pharming"). Furthermore, it is known to intercept the data to be sent by the user to a server and to intercept the original data in a different context to the original data Server to send or copy this data and at a later date in a different context again to the server to send (so-called "replay attack").

There are also programs that record keystrokes and send them to unauthorized third parties via the Internet. It is also known, in addition, the actions of selectors for the screen, such. As an electronic mouse or a touchpad in conjunction with the associated screen contents record and send unauthorized to third parties. These methods are known by the term "keylogging".

Finally, it is known to pass the data traffic between the two data processing devices, which exchange the security-relevant data unnoticed on a computer of an unauthorized third party, so that the data traffic on this computer is running, which allows tapping or manipulation of data traffic. In this case, the intermediate computer can issue itself to the user's data processing device as a server and to the server as a user and forwards the data of the one to the other, whereby he taps and / or falsifies information. This method is known by the term "man-in-the-middle attack".

The aforementioned methods for the unauthorized procurement of security-relevant or confidential data are often used in combination. In order to better secure the data transmission, there are secure transmission methods, in particular in the area of online banking or when logging into company networks, which combine the knowledge of a specific personal password with the possession of a particular authentication medium. These methods are known by the term "two-factor authentication".

In the simplest case, the user has a list of transaction numbers (TAN), with the transaction numbers being indexed if necessary. Furthermore, there are devices that generate a once-to-use password, which is then entered for the transaction. This method essentially corresponds to the method in which indexed transaction numbers are used. For each transaction in online banking, the user enters a transaction number in addition to his password, which is valid only once. A transaction using a simple transaction number is particularly susceptible to the aforementioned "phishing" and "pharming" methods. If an indexed transaction number or a once-only password is used, the method is still vulnerable to the "man-in-the-middle attack". Furthermore, methods are known in which a passive storage medium, for example a CD-ROM, or an active processor medium, such as a chip card or a USB stick with integrated smart card, is used for authentication. The processor medium is coupled to the computer of the user, whereupon it z. This procedure is secure against the above-mentioned procedures for the misappropriation of security-related data or against the unauthorized execution or falsification of transactions, although this is a procedure known as "challenge / response" The implementation and operation of such high hardware systems is costly, even with the use of inexpensive memory or processor media, and with the use of readers or interfaces already for other purposes in the user's computer, there is the problem that the In most cases, additional software and additional hardware may need to be installed before these procedures can be used.

US 2001/0026248 A1 describes a method by which the screen display of a computer is changed so that the screen content can only be read when viewing the screen through a special optical filter. In particular, the screen content can not be read by a third person who is not in possession of this particular optical filter. The method described in this document is intended to prevent unauthorized third parties read along the information displayed on the computer screen. However, no method is described for securely transferring data from a first data processing device to a second data processing device. Although the input to a computer can not be read by unauthorized third parties, a possible transfer of this data to another data processing device would be unsecured.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a method and a system of the type mentioned above, with which a secure transmission of data between two data processing devices is possible. The system should be implemented cost-effectively and the process can be operated cost-effectively.

This object is achieved by a method having the features of claim 1 and a system having the features of claim 9. Advantageous embodiments and further developments emerge from the subclaims. According to a first aspect of the method according to the invention, the second data processing device generates encrypted input instructions and transmits them to the first data processing device. The first data processing device displays the encrypted input instructions. The encrypted input instructions are decrypted by being viewed through an optical filter with a decryption pattern. The data to be transmitted is input to the first data processing device by means of the input instructions decrypted by the optical filter and transmitted to the second data processing device.

By using the optical filter with the decryption pattern owned by a user, a method can be provided which allows data to be transmitted very securely. Essentially, the security standards are achieved that provide methods that include active processor media, such as media processors. As a smart card use. The method is thus safe from the aforementioned "phishing" and "pharming" methods. In addition, the method also provides protection against the aforementioned "replay attacks" or "keylogging" methods, since the data entry for a third party makes sense only if he knows the decryption pattern. Finally, the method can be implemented and carried out very inexpensively. An optical filter with a decryption pattern can be produced very inexpensively. In addition, no separate readers, such as in smart cards, required because the "reading device" the display device of the first data processing device is used.

Input instructions are understood here to mean any type of information that either contains data that a user is supposed to enter or that contains instructions on how a user should enter known data into the first data processing device. For example, a particular code may be displayed in encrypted form, which is input to the first data processing device in a conventional manner after the decryption effected by the optical filter. In addition, instructions can be encrypted to inform the user how to generate the data to be transmitted. Furthermore, it is possible that only an input mask is displayed, which becomes visible after the decryption by the optical filter and in which the user inputs data known to him. The input mask may for example consist of a numeric keypad or an alphanumeric keyboard, wherein the arrangement of the numbers or letters may vary with each input mask.

For the purposes of the invention, an optical filter is understood to mean a device which optically modifies the displayed input instructions and thereby for make the user understandable. The optical filter may be color filters, polarizing filters or patterns that decrypt same when overlaid with the input instructions. Further, the optical filter may also be a template that picks out particular areas of the displayed input instructions and thus decrypts the input instructions.

According to a preferred embodiment of the method according to the invention, the input instructions are encrypted in dependence on the decryption pattern of the filter. In this case, the input instructions can be changed at least once per connection session between the two data processing devices. In addition, the input instructions for each data transfer could be changed.

According to a preferred development of the method according to the invention, the input instructions are an input mask. The data to be transmitted is input to the first data processing device in the input mask decrypted by the optical filter. In particular, the data entry in the first data processing device is effected by a successive selection of regions of the displayed input mask. The decrypted input mask, for example, displays a keyboard on the display device. The positions of the keyboard can then be selected, for example, by means of an electronic mouse or a touchpad or other screen input devices, whereby the data is entered. Furthermore, the decrypted input mask could additionally contain instructions on how to enter the data into a keyboard. These measures offer, in particular, protection against methods which record keystrokes or screen inputs and transmit them to unauthorized third parties.

The decryption pattern is, for example, a binary image pattern. When generating the encrypted input instructions, a binary image pattern complementary to the decryption pattern can first be generated. In the pixels of this complementary image pattern, which are to form the input instructions, the state of the pixels is then changed so that they correspond to the corresponding pixels of the decoding pattern. Furthermore, a binary bit pattern identical to the decryption pattern could also be generated the other way round first. At the pixels of this pattern, which are to form the input instructions, the state of the pixels is then changed so that they are complementary to those of the corresponding pixels of the decoding pattern. In this way, the encrypted input instructions can be very easily generated in the second data processing device. It is only Required that the decryption pattern of the optical filter of each user is known. This decryption pattern or information about this pattern can be stored by the second data processing device when the optical filter with this pattern is sent to a user. The input instructions are thus preferably displayed graphically in the form of a pattern.

Generally, the pattern to be displayed is formed with encrypted input instructions from a given decryption pattern as follows:

A e.g. The black-and-white input mask can be interpreted as a matrix consisting of logical yes values for black pixels and logical no values for white pixels. A randomly generated red-green foil pattern can be interpreted as a matrix consisting of logical yes values for green pixels and logical no values for red pixels. In the encryption, one passes from the red-green film pattern (decryption pattern) F to the red-green display pattern A by changing the color of the film pattern point from red to green or from green to red where identical pixels of the input mask E are black , This operation can be represented in Boolean algebra as an XOR link between F and E. Thus, for all corresponding points of the respective matrices, we have A = F XOR E or A = E XOR F (the XOR link is commutative).

When decrypting now causes the superposition of the red-green display pattern with the red-green decryption pattern of the optical filter, if the result is a bright (ie red or green) pixel as a logical no, and a dark (ie black) pixel as a logical yes interpreted, again an XOR link. It is therefore true that the perceptible result R equals A XOR F. From A = E XOR F and R = A XOR F now follows: R = (E XOR F) XOR F. Since the XOR operation is also associative, R = E XOR (F XOR F). From this follows R = E. The perceptible result corresponds to the input mask.

According to a preferred development of the method according to the invention, the decryption pattern does not include areas used for decryption and user areas embedded in these. In this case, the encrypted input instructions are generated in such a way that a pattern, in particular a random pattern, which is independent of the decryption pattern is generated for the areas not used for decryption for the input instructions. The user areas are thus the encrypted input instructions The areas not used for decryption contain random patterns.

When XORing the display pattern, i. The encrypted input instructions, with the decryption pattern, result in the problem that an unauthorized third party can draw conclusions about the decryption pattern if he receives knowledge of more than two different display patterns. In the embodiment of the invention, the location, shape and size of the payload areas is a mystery of the decryption pattern, i. this information is unknown to unauthorized third parties. It is an individual feature of the decryption pattern. In the case of the display pattern, the selection of the representation is restricted to the decoding pattern only in those areas which are also used for the input instructions. Only in these payload areas a binary image pattern complementary or identical to the decryption pattern has to be generated, in which individual pixels are changed according to the input instructions. For example, in the decryption pattern, the areas not used for decryption may be colored black, so that they are hidden. The random pattern of the display pattern displayed in these areas is thus no longer visible after decryption by the decryption pattern. This random pattern can therefore also be changed with every transaction. If an unauthorized third party now gains knowledge of and overlays the display patterns of two independent transactions, a random pattern would be seen again in the unused areas. In the payload areas of the display pattern, the superimposed encrypted input instructions of the transactions would result. However, since these are embedded in the random pattern and since the unauthorized third party does not know where the useful areas are, what shape they have and how big they are, decryption is made considerably more difficult or impossible.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the method according to the invention, the input instructions are displayed as a symbol matrix. The optical filter with the decryption pattern in this case is a template which highlights positions of the symbol matrix of the input instructions and preferably also indicates an order of the highlighted symbols. Preferably, in this case, furthermore, the input areas are decoupled from the use areas, i. the decryption pattern indicates where to make a selection on the display to select a particular icon.

According to a modification of this development, the symbol matrix is not displayed in the encrypted input instructions. Rather, the symbol matrix is in the decision-making contain a pattern, preferably a binary coding, in particular a binary color coding, is used in addition. The input instructions in this case contain only a binary coding, in particular a binary color coding.

According to a further embodiment of the method according to the invention, both the input instructions and the decryption pattern contain a symbol matrix in different areas, which are preferably also color-coded. An assignment of the symbols in the area of the input instructions and in the area of the decoding pattern allows the user to authenticate himself. In particular, it is preferred for this development that the user himself can generate the input instructions and transmit them together with the assignment to the second data processing device. If the user's decryption pattern is stored in the second data processing device, the second data processing device can authenticate the user on the basis of the input instructions and the assignment. In this method variant, it is thus in particular not necessary that the second data processing device generates the encrypted input instructions and transmits them to the first data processing device.

According to a preferred embodiment of the method according to the invention, the input instructions contain a code which is input to the first data processing device after the decryption effected by the optical filter and transmitted to the second data processing device. From the transmission of the code one can deduce that the user is in possession of the optical filter with the decryption pattern.

In accordance with a further preferred embodiment of the method according to the invention, for aligning the displayed encrypted input mask with the filter, positions of adjusting aids of the filter in the display device are selected and the selection is transmitted to the second data processing device. The input instructions are then generated and / or displayed depending on the selected positions. In this way it is possible to adapt the input instructions for each data transmission individually to the display device currently being used. This allows a user to perform the data transfer completely location and device independent. The data processing device used by the user only has to have one display device.

According to the invention, a method is also provided for authenticating a user to an e-commerce provider or another data processing device. beat. In this method, the user enters a personal code in his data processing device. This code is then transmitted to the data processing device of the e-commerce provider. The input and transmission of this personal code of the user is carried out according to the inventive method according to the first aspect as described above.

Furthermore, an online banking method is proposed according to the invention, in which a user authenticates with a bank server and then enters the data required for an online transfer transaction and transfers this data to the bank server. In this case, the authentication of the user and the input and transmission of at least part of the required for the online transfer process relevant data, eg. As receiver, account number and / or amount, performed by the inventive method described above according to the first aspect. In this way, the user can also protect himself against so-called "man-in-the-middle attacks" in online banking.

Finally, according to another embodiment, the necessary for the online transfer process relevant data, such. As receiver, account number and / or amount to be entered in a conventional manner. Thereafter, a confirmation template with an instruction as to how to enter a confirmation is displayed by the inventive method described above. The confirmation is then entered by the user after decryption of the confirmation template on the basis of the instruction and finally transmitted to the bank server.

In a conventional online transfer process, an intermediary computer of the unauthorized third party z. B. in the login process, the data in both directions unchanged and immediately forward. In this way, an unauthorized third party could pass the login process and manipulate the subsequent communication in which z. For example, the amount and the recipient data of the online transfers can be modified. Also, the unauthorized third party in the conventional online transfer process could pretend the user, the correct transfer has been executed. In the online banking method according to the invention, these manipulations are not possible since all security-relevant data can be entered via the encrypted input instructions, so that effective protection against "man-in-the-middle attacks" can also be provided. The inventive system for transmitting data from a first data processing device to a second data processing device according to a first aspect of the invention is characterized in that an optical filter for the display device of the first data processing device is provided, which contains a decryption pattern, the second data processing device a memory in which the decryption pattern or information about the decryption pattern of the filter is / are stored, and the second data processing device has a device for generating an encrypted input mask, wherein the encrypted input mask can be generated in dependence on the stored decryption pattern or the stored information in that, in a display of the encrypted input instructions, they are decrypted by viewing through the optical filter.

The system according to the invention has the advantage that it can be implemented very inexpensively, since in addition to two conventional data processing devices communicating with one another, only one optical filter with the decryption pattern has to be provided. This is very cost effective. As already mentioned above, with the system according to the invention, furthermore, a very secure transmission of confidential or security-relevant data between the two data processing devices is possible.

The decryption pattern may in particular contain a binary coding. It is thus an encoded pixel grid. The encryption of the input mask and the decryption pattern can interact in different ways, whereby when viewing the encrypted input mask, only a random-looking pattern without information content is visible and only the optical filter makes the information content of the input statements visible. The decryption pattern of the optical filter may, for. B. pixels or image areas of optical filters for two complementary colors included. For example, the individual pixels may consist of areas with filters that pass only red or only green light. Such complementary color coding can be implemented very simply and inexpensively. Furthermore, coding via mutually perpendicular polarization filters is conceivable, provided that polarized light can be emitted by the display device. Furthermore, a variety of other graphical encodings of the input instructions are possible.

The optical filter is preferably an at least partially transparent film or card. The foil or card can, for. B. have credit card size. It preferably consists of a plastic adhering to the display device. In this way, the filter can be easily connected to the display device. For easy alignment of the filter too The displayed or to be displayed encrypted input mask or the display device, the optical filter in particular alignment aids.

The decryption pattern is, in particular, a random pattern that is individually coded for a user.

The first data processing device preferably has an input device, via which data can be input by means of the decrypted input mask. The input device is preferably a selection device for areas of the display device. It may be here z. As an electronic mouse, a touchpad or a touch-sensitive display act.

According to a second aspect of the inventive method, a user or the first data processing device for the data transmission to the second data processing device means for obtaining a plurality of transaction codes from a plurality of indices are transmitted and the electronic data transmission from the first data processing device to the second data processing device with linked to a particular transaction code of the plurality of transaction codes, wherein the index of that one transaction code is related to the transmitted data.

By the second aspect of the method according to the invention, the data transmission to the second data processing device according to the first aspect of the method according to the invention can be made even safer. However, it is also contemplated by the present invention that the method according to the second aspect is performed independently of the method according to the first aspect, i. in particular, without the display device, the encrypted input instructions and the decryption by the optical filter.

In known data transmission methods, at best an index randomly selected, which serves to select a specific transaction code with which the data to be transmitted are linked, is specified for securing the data transmission. This is the case, for example, with an online banking method with indexed transaction numbers. In the method according to the invention, however, the index is related to the transmitted data, ie the index is selected or determined on the basis of the data to be transmitted. Because of this relationship between the transaction code used in the data transfer, its associated index and the data to be transmitted, it is not possible, even in the case of a "man-in-the-middle attack", to unnoticeably change the data to be transmitted, because such a change would no longer have the given relationship between the transmitted data A change in the transmitted data would result in the examination of the data transmission either to a valid index or to another index and thus also to another transaction code, which can easily be determined by the second data processing device ,

A further advantage of the method according to the invention in the second aspect is that with only a few modifications of the known method with indexed transaction numbers, it offers a far greater degree of safety than this known method. It is thus very inexpensive and can be implemented with very little effort.

The relationship between the data to be transmitted and the index is preferably so simple that it can be made or reproduced by a user.

According to a preferred embodiment of the method according to the invention, the transaction code is valid only once. Thus, a different transaction code is used for each data transmission. An unauthorized third party can therefore not use an intercepted transaction code for linking to data of another data transmission.

According to another preferred embodiment of the method according to the invention, there is a direct mapping between the plurality of transaction codes and the plurality of indices. This mapping of the set of indices to the set of transaction codes is preferably surjective, more preferably bijective. An index refers in this case to exactly one transaction code.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the method according to the invention, the index of the one transaction code is determined by means of an algorithm from the data to be transmitted. This algorithm can use as parameter all data to be transmitted or part of the data to be transmitted. Preferably, in particular, the data are used to determine the index of the one transaction code to be protected against change. In the simplest case, the index corresponds directly to the data to be backed up or a part of this data. In a complicated configuration, the index results from a functional relationship with the data to be stored to be transmitted. If the data saved in this way is from an unauthorized Third, the specified functional relationship between the index and this data is no longer met, so that the manipulation of these data can be easily determined.

Another advantage of the inventive method according to the second aspect is that it is not necessary per se to inform the user before the data transmission which index the transaction code has for the data transmission. In the method according to the invention, it is sufficient that the index is determined from the relationship with the data to be transmitted.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the method according to the invention, the means for obtaining the plurality of transaction codes from the plurality of indices are stored and the first data processing device automatically determines from the data to be transmitted the one transaction code and links the data to be transmitted with this transaction code. In this embodiment, it is advantageously no longer necessary for the user to win or select and enter the transaction code. The extraction or selection of the transaction code and the link to the data to be transmitted in this case automatically and invisible to the user. However, in this case, the means of obtaining the plurality of transaction codes from a variety of indices should be protected from being accessed by unauthorized third parties.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the method according to the invention, the second data processing device checks the integrity of the data transmitted by the user or the first data processing device on the basis of the transaction code used in the data transmission. This can be done in one embodiment by the fact that the transaction code used is first checked to see if it belongs to the set of valid transaction codes and then the index is determined, which is assigned to this transaction code. Thereafter, it is checked whether this index is in the given relationship with the transmitted data. In an alternative embodiment, the check can also be carried out by determining from the transmitted data the predetermined relationship of the index belonging to this data and checking whether the index thus determined is a valid index and then checking it in a second step whether the transaction code assigned to this index is identical to the transmitted transaction code. As with known methods with transaction numbers, the transaction code is only valid for a data transmission in the method according to the invention. The invention further relates to an online banking method for the secure, electronic transmission of data which uses the method described above according to the second aspect. In this case, the first data processing device corresponds to a data processing device of a user and the second data processing device to a bank server. The inventive online banking method according to the second aspect is in particular an improvement of the known online banking method with indexed transaction numbers. The data transmission may correspond to a message or an order to the bank. However, it relates in particular to a transfer process that includes safety-critical and non-safety-critical data. In the case of the method according to the invention in accordance with the second aspect, the index of the one transaction code associated with the data transmission is related to security-critical data of the transfer. In this case, a manipulation of the safety-critical data is easily recognizable. The security-critical data include in particular the account number of the recipient. In a particularly simple embodiment of the method according to the invention, the index of the one transaction code is derived from digits of the account number of the recipient. By manipulating the recipient's account number during a "man-in-the-middle" attack, the transfer could be particularly easily redirected to any other account to prevent the transfer to an account with the same account number from another account Bank can be redirected, it is also possible to protect the bank code by including this data in the relationship between the data to be transmitted and the index of a transaction code can be included .. All receiver data, ie possibly the name of the Recipient, or a purpose to be involved in this context.

In addition, the security-critical data preferably also includes the amount for the transfer. Also, if this amount is included in the relationship between the transfer data and the index of the transaction code associated with the transfer data, manipulation of the amount can be easily detected. The index of one transaction code could be z. B. from digits of the account number of the recipient and digits of the amount of the transfer deduce.

According to a preferred development of the online banking method according to the invention according to the second aspect, the means for obtaining the plurality of transaction codes from the plurality of indices are stored and the user's data processing device automatically determines the one transaction code from the security-critical data to be transmitted and links this transaction code with the transferring data. In this way, the online banking process can be simplified and at the same time made more secure in comparison with conventional methods with transaction numbers.

According to a further preferred development of the online banking method according to the invention according to the second aspect, before the actual data transfer, the bank server transmits a code to the data processing device during an online connection with the user's data processing device, which is only valid during the existing online connection. Alternatively, the code could only be valid for the current job. The index of the one transaction code in this case may be related to both this code and the transmitted data. This embodiment combines a conventional online banking method with indexed transaction codes with the inventive method in which the index is related to the data to be transmitted.

The data processing device according to the invention for the secure electronic transmission of data to a second data processing device according to a second aspect of the invention is characterized by an input device for inputting at least the data to be transmitted, a first data index device for determining a specific index from the transferring data, a first index transaction code means for obtaining from the particular index a transaction code associated with the particular index, linking means for associating the data to be transmitted with the obtained transaction code associated with the index determined from the data to be transmitted, and a Output means for transmitting the data associated with the transaction code.

With this data processing device, the inventive method can be carried out simply and automatically, in particular by the user.

The inventive data processing system according to the second aspect of the invention comprises the above-described data processing device according to the second aspect as a first data processing device and a second data processing device which is connected to the first data processing device via an electronic network. In this data processing system, the second data processing device comprises: a receiving device for receiving data associated with the transaction code from the first data processing device, a second data index device for determining the index from the transmitted data, the first Data index means of the first data processing means, a second index transaction code means for obtaining the index associated transaction code from the index corresponding to the first index transaction code means of the first data processing means, and a test means for checking with the transaction code linked data received from the first data processing device, it being possible to check with the checking device whether the received transaction code corresponds to a transaction code which can be determined with the second index transaction code device from the index, which is determined by the second data index device can be determined from the received data.

This data processing system can be used in particular as an online banking system for a bank with its users and their data processing devices, wherein the inventive online banking method according to the second aspect can be implemented.

For the purposes of this invention, index is to be understood as any type of information by means of which an associated transaction code can be obtained. Extraction means any kind of mapping, derivation, computation, determination or invocation of a function which effects an association between an index and transaction code, i.d.R. the index is present as given information and the transaction code represents a sought-after information known only to the user or the data processing device of the user, ie in the case of a function call, the index acts as the input parameter and the transaction code as the return value.

Thus, e.g. the following embodiment variants as means for obtaining transaction codes from an index of the invention comprises:

In the simplest form, obtaining a transaction code from an index via an indexed TAN list is as described above. The means for obtaining the transaction code in this case are the indexed TAN list with the information to which index is to be assigned which transaction code.

In a further embodiment, however, a non-indexed TAN list could also be used and the index be implicitly contained in the TANs, eg as the first two digits of an otherwise six-digit TAN. The means for obtaining the transaction code in this case include the rule, as from a known index, a transaction code of the TAN list is determined. Furthermore, the extraction of a transaction code from an index could also take place via a table in which an index is formed in each case via a row-column coordinate and a transaction code in each case by a table entry.

The aforementioned means for obtaining the transaction code, in particular the latter, could also be used with combined indices. For example, could in the latter embodiment via a table, the extraction of a transaction code via an index take place in that a plurality of individual row-column coordinates act as composite index and the respective associated (partial) transaction codes as a composite transaction code.

In a further embodiment, the acquisition of a transaction code could also take place via a special device into which an index is e.g. is entered via a keyboard and the device determines and displays an associated transaction code.

A particular advantage of the method according to the invention, the data processing device according to the invention and the data processing system according to the invention is that the implementation can be carried out very simply and inexpensively and at the same time a manipulation of the transmitted data can be determined simply but reliably.

The invention will now be explained by means of embodiments with reference to the drawings.

1 shows schematically a first embodiment of the system according to the invention for transmitting data between two data processing devices, FIG. 2 shows an uncoded input mask, FIG. 3 shows the decryption pattern, FIG. 4 shows the encrypted input mask, FIG. 5 shows the decrypted input mask, FIG. 6 and 7 illustrate the encryption of a digit according to the inventive method according to a first embodiment,

8a shows the encrypted input mask, FIG. 8b the decryption pattern, and FIG. 8c the decrypted input mask according to a second exemplary embodiment of the method according to the invention, FIG. 9a shows the encrypted input mask, FIG. 9b the decryption pattern, and FIG. 9c the decrypted input mask according to a first embodiment of a third embodiment of the method according to the invention, FIG.

10a shows the encrypted input mask, FIG. 10b the decryption pattern, and FIG. 10c the decrypted input mask according to a second embodiment of the third exemplary embodiment of the method according to the invention, FIG.

1 a shows the encrypted input mask, FIG. 11 b shows the decryption pattern, and FIG. 1 c shows the decrypted input mask according to a third embodiment of the third exemplary embodiment of the method according to the invention. FIG. 12 a shows the encrypted input mask, FIG. 12 b shows the decryption pattern and FIG 12c shows the decrypted input mask according to a fourth exemplary embodiment of the method according to the invention,

13a shows the encrypted input mask, FIG. 13b the decryption pattern, and FIG. 13c the decrypted input mask according to a fifth exemplary embodiment of the method according to the invention; FIGS. 14 to 20 illustrate the method according to the invention in accordance with a sixth exemplary embodiment;

Fig. 21 shows schematically a second embodiment of the data processing system according to the invention, Fig. 22 shows the transaction codes with the associated indices according to a seventh embodiment of the inventive method and

Fig. 23 shows an example of the data to be transmitted in an on-line transfer according to the seventh embodiment of the method according to the invention.

With reference to Fig. 1, the first embodiment of the system according to the invention is explained:

The system comprises two data processing devices, between which data can be transferred. The first data processing device is, for example, a computer 2 of a user and the second data processing device is a server 1 to which confidential or security-relevant data is to be transmitted from the computer 2.

The computer 2 of the user is known per se. He has a display device 3, z. For example, a liquid crystal display or another monitor, a keyboard 4 and an input device 5, via which screen areas can be selected. The input device 5 may be a conventional electronic mouse or a so-called touchpad. It should be noted that instead of the computer 2, an arbitrary bige other data processing device can be used, as long as it comprises a display device and if in any way data is transferable to another data processing device.

The computer 2 is connected via a modem 6 to a network, such. B. to the Internet 7, connected. Similarly, the server 1 is connected via a modem 8 to the Internet 7, so that over the Internet 7 data from the computer 2 to the server and vice versa can be transmitted.

Furthermore, an optical filter is provided which is in the possession of the one who wants to transfer the data from the computer 2 to the server 1. It is possible to transmit data from the computer 2 or from any other data processing devices to the server 1 by means of the optical filter. The optical filter is in the illustrated embodiment, an at least partially transparent film 11. The film 1 1 consists of a plastic, which adheres to a display device 3, such as the display of the computer 2.

On the slide 1 1 a binary, for each user individually coded random pattern is applied. This random pattern serves as a decryption pattern for input instructions, in particular for an encrypted input mask, which is transmitted from the server 1 to the computer 2, as will be explained in detail later.

The server 1 comprises a memory 10 which maintains a database with the users of the system and the random patterns assigned to them, i. the decryption patterns. Furthermore, the server 1 has a computing unit 9, which can generate an encrypted input mask in dependence on the stored decryption pattern of a user. The encrypted input mask is generated by the arithmetic unit 9 so that upon display of the encrypted input mask, the same is displayed by viewing through the optical filter of the associated user, i. is decrypted by the slide 11 with the decryption pattern of the associated user, so that the user can decrypt the input mask.

In the following, the first exemplary embodiment of the method according to the invention for the transmission of data as well as further details of the system according to the invention according to the first exemplary embodiment will be explained:

The operator of the server 1 generates when registering each user a slide 11 with an individually coded random pattern and sends him this z. B. by mail. Furthermore, It is possible for the user, eg. B. by e-mail, graphics data to be sent, which he can print out himself to produce the slide 1 1. This random pattern is used for later decryption of an input mask. It is therefore also called a decryption pattern. In Fig. 3 such a decryption pattern is shown.

Furthermore, the decryption pattern could also be made available to potential users in the following way: A plurality of decryption patterns are generally accessible, e.g. In magazines or on the Internet, with each decryption pattern associated with coordinates. The user could then select a corresponding decryption pattern, e.g. by cutting it out, and prior to using this decryption pattern, tell server 1 which coordinates its decryption pattern it has selected from which server 1 can determine the user's corresponding decryption pattern.

In the first exemplary embodiment explained here, the decryption pattern is binary coded via complementary colors. The decryption pattern thus has randomly arranged z. B. red and green filter areas. Due to the black-and-white representation in the accompanying figures, the red pixels in these are represented by the symbol "r" and the green pixels by the symbol "G". Black and white pixels still appear black and white.

A registered user now wants to transmit confidential or security-relevant data to the server 1 by means of the computer 2. For this purpose, the user establishes a connection to the Internet 7 via the computer 2 and the modem 6 and calls the web page of the server 1 by entering a corresponding Internet address. He then gives a username, which is transmitted to the server 1 via the Internet 7.

In the present embodiment, the user wants to transmit a numeric code to the server 1. The server 1 therefore first generates an input mask by means of the arithmetic unit 9, in which numbers are arranged in a binary pattern in a random manner. This output pattern is shown in FIG. It is recreated for each data transfer. Similarly, the input mask could also contain letters or other characters. Furthermore, a text could be included which contains specific instructions for the input of the data to be transmitted.

The arithmetic unit 9 then determines the user's decoding pattern on the basis of the database stored in the memory 10. The arithmetic unit 9 generates an complementary pattern: Wherever the user's decryption pattern has a green filter area, a red pixel is created, and wherever the user's decryption pattern has a red filter area, a green pixel is created. If a display device 3 were to display this intermediate pattern and a user would view this pattern through a decryption pattern of FIG. 3 aligned exactly with the pattern, a black area would result because the red pixel emitted by the display device 3 would not be reflected by the green filter of FIG Decryption pattern could arrive and equally the green light emitted by a green pixel could not pass through the red filter of the decryption pattern.

The arithmetic unit 9 then combines the intermediate pattern with the input mask to be encrypted, which is shown in FIG. Namely, in all pixels of the intermediate pattern in which the input mask as shown in Fig. 2 contains a pixel information for displaying the digits, i. the pixel in the example shown is black, the color state of the intermediate pattern changed. A red pixel turns green at these positions and a green pixel turns red. The encrypted input mask generated in this way is shown in FIG.

The encrypted input mask is transmitted from the server 1 via the Internet 7 to the computer 2 of the user. In principle, unauthorized third parties could gain both knowledge of the user name of the user 2 and of the encrypted input mask, since this information is transmitted via the Internet 7 in each case. However, the information would not benefit an unauthorized third party because decryption of the encrypted input mask requires the decryption pattern of the slide 11 which is in the user's possession. The method thus offers a two-stage security. An unauthorized third party is not aware of the transmitted data, such. As the password, since he can attach importance to the input via the encrypted input mask meaning. Further, an unauthorized third party can not input a password even if he has acquired knowledge of the password in some other way because he can not decrypt the input mask.

The encrypted input mask is now displayed by the display device 3 of the computer 2. The user can now verify that the displayed pattern is actually a random-looking red-green pattern. In order to decrypt the encrypted input mask, the user now applies the film 1 1 to the display device 3, for example by placing it on the display device 3. For exact alignment of the film 11 to the displayed encrypted input mask can be mounted on the slide 11 Justierhilfen 12, which facilitate the alignment with the displayed input mask. If the user now looks at the input mask, the picture shown in FIG. 5 results. The result is a number field consisting of red and green pixels within a black background. The number field corresponds to the number field shown in FIG. 2 with regard to the positioning of the numbers. Only at the pixels that form the number field of Fig. 2, namely, red and green pixels or filter areas are in accordance, so that light can pass through the optical filter of the film 1 1. Outside the number field, the filter of the film 1 1 is complementary to the displayed encrypted input mask, so that no light can pass through the filter of the film 1 1. This results in a black area in these areas.

In addition, the decryption pattern and the encrypted input mask could, conversely, also interact in such a way that the pixels which represent the input mask appear black and the environment in complementary colors, for B. in red and in green, is shown.

To enter the digit code to be transmitted, the user can now select the areas on the input screen that correspond to the digit code one after the other. He can, for example, by means of the touchpad 5 or by means of a mouse select the corresponding numbers one after the other. The corresponding selection is then transmitted via the Internet 7 to the server 1. An unauthorized third party who does not know the decryption pattern on the slide 1 1, the data transmitted in this way can not remove any content because he does not know the input mask. On the other hand, an unauthorized third party can not generate an input mask known to him and transfer it to the computer 2 of the user to impersonate server 1, since this knowledge of the decryption pattern on the slide 1 1 of the corresponding user is required. In this way, any data entered via the encrypted input mask transmitted by the server can thus be transferred from the user's computer 2 to the server 1.

According to one embodiment of the method, the film 11 is not aligned with the input mask already displayed, but the input mask is generated in dependence on the display device 3 used and aligned relative to the decryption pattern of the film 11. For this purpose, the user first brings the film 11 at any point of the display device 3 and then selects z. B. with the touchpad 5 at least two adjusting aids 12, preferably three or four adjusting aids 12, on the display device. 3 out. This selection is transmitted to the server 1 via the Internet 7. The arithmetic unit 9 of the server 1 can now adapt the encrypted input mask with respect to its positioning on the display device 3 and in terms of their size so that it is aligned with the decryption pattern of the film 1 1, without the user having the photo Ne 1 1 on the Display device 3 must move. This development simplifies the use of the film 1 1 on different display devices. 3

FIG. 6 again shows how, for example, the number 2 is first encrypted and then perceived by the user. The server 1 first specifies the number 2 as a binary pattern. Thereafter, the arithmetic unit 9 determines from the database in the memory 10, the decryption pattern (slide pattern) of the user. The arithmetic unit 9 then generates a complementary pattern which, however, has the same color as the deciphering pattern on the sheet 11 at the pixels where the digit representation has a black pixel. The two central patterns of Figure 6 show this. In the top row, the pixels are complementary to each other. In the second line, the first three pixels are complementary to each other, the next three pixels belonging to the representation of the number 2 are identical in the decoding pattern on the sheet 11 and in the pattern displayed on the display device 3. The last three pixels of the second line are then again complementary. On the right side of FIG. 6, the perceived pattern is shown when the displayed pattern is viewed through the deciphering pattern of the film 11. In the second line, there are initially three black pixels, since the decoding pattern of the foil 11 contains at these pixels a filter which is complementary to the displayed color of the pixels of the encrypted input mask. The next two pixels appear green (symbol "G" in the illustration of Fig. 6) because these pixels are both rendered green by the encrypted input mask and green filters are provided in the decryption pattern of the film 11. The subsequent pixel appear red for the same reason (symbol "r") and the last three pixels appear black again.

The binary encryption or decryption can also be done in other ways. In Fig. 7, such an example is shown in which the pixels consist of areas with horizontal or vertical lines.

In addition to the display device 3 in the data processing device of the user, the only hardware requirement for the system according to the invention or the inventive method that the film is 1 1 with the decryption pattern in the possession of the user. However, the film 11 is then universally applicable to a wide variety of data processing can be used. Even a use with mobile phones, which have a display, is conceivable. The film 1 1 is very inexpensive to produce and can be very simple, z. B. in a letter to be sent to the user. In addition, the user can easily carry the film 11 with him, since it is very small and thin. You can z. For example, they can be as thin as a badge and the size of a conventional credit card.

The method described above can also be used, for example, for authenticating a user to an e-commerce provider. To do this, the user first identifies himself by name to the e-commerce provider. This name is not confidential in itself. It is unobjectionable if this name is spied on by an unauthorized third party. Based on this name, however, the e-commerce provider can determine the decryption pattern of the corresponding user and - as described above - generate a corresponding encrypted input mask and transmitted to the user. This can then decrypt the input mask using his slide 1 1 and enter his personal code as described above, which securely authenticates him to the e-commerce provider.

In the same way, the log-in process can also be carried out in a company network with the method according to the invention. The user can authenticate themselves here in a secure manner by entering a password by means of the decryption of the encrypted input statements displayed.

Furthermore, the method can be used in conjunction with an online banking method. In this case, the user can transmit all security-relevant data, that is to say in particular his authentication, ie his personal code and data for an online transfer, to the bank server by the method described above. In particular, the data on the amount of the online transfer and the data on the recipient of the transfer should be entered via the encrypted input mask and transmitted encrypted in this way. Such an online banking process is protected in particular against the "man-in-the-middle attack" explained in the introduction. To further increase security, the encrypted input mask could also be changed several times while entering the individual data. In this way, a protection against the aforementioned so-called "replay attack" can be achieved.The use of so-called transaction numbers would not be necessary in this case.They also do not protect against manipulation by an intermediary computer of an unauthorized third party. A second exemplary embodiment of the method according to the invention is described below with reference to FIGS. 8a to 8c:

In Fig. 8a, the display pattern is shown, in Fig. 8b, the decryption pattern of the film 1 1 and in Fig. 8c, the visible result, which results from the optical decryption of the display pattern by the decryption pattern of the film 11.

The method of the second embodiment substantially corresponds to the method of the first embodiment. However, the decryption pattern on the slide 11 and the encrypted input mask generated and displayed by the server 1 are different from the method of the first embodiment.

The decryption pattern of the slide 11 includes areas that are not used for decryption and areas of use that are used for decryption and that are embedded in the areas not used for decryption. The portions of the decrypting pattern of the sheet 11 not used for decryption are opaque, i. black designed. In this way, the film 1 1 to a template, which hides the areas not used for decryption. In the payloads, the decryption pattern again contains a binary encoding, e.g. B. on complementary colors. The user areas are designed so that symbols for the input instructions can be displayed. In the example shown in FIG. 8, all digits can be represented. In addition, the size, the shape and the position of the individual areas of use is a mystery of the decryption pattern of the film 1 1. Furthermore, as in the first embodiment, the binary coding within the Nutzbereiche a secret of the film 11 is.

From the decryption pattern, the server 1 generates an input mask with the arithmetic unit 9 as follows: In the areas of the decryption pattern of the film 11 which are not used for decryption, ie where the film is black, a binary coded, random noise is generated. In this noise, the input instruction, ie the Nutzinfor- mation, which is formed in the embodiment of figures shown in Fig. 8, illustrated by exploiting steganografischer effects embedded. Each input instruction re-generates random noise for those areas that are not used for decryption. For the payload areas, the pattern is generated, as described in the first embodiment, so that an overlay of the display pattern with the decryption pattern of the film 1 1 of the user leads to the visible result shown in FIG. 8c. You can see digits that are embedded in a black background and that are made of complementary colors, such as black and white. B. consist of red and green pixels. In the following, a third embodiment of the method according to the invention is described with reference to FIGS. 9 to 11:

Also, the method of the third embodiment substantially corresponds to the method of the first embodiment. Again, however, the decryption pattern on the slide 11 and the display pattern generated by the server 1 are otherwise formed.

The input instructions generated by the server 1 in this case do not consist of binary coded pixels, but of a matrix-like or tabular representation of a plurality of symbols, for. For example, numbers. The symbols relevant to the input instruction are arranged in this display pattern in a steganographic manner at secret positions within random symbols, which as background noise represent the steganographic carrier information.

The decryption pattern of the film 1 1 acts as a template in this case, which extracts the symbols for the input instructions from the carrier information. As in the first two embodiments, the useful symbols may again have a binary color coding.

Furthermore, the decryption pattern of the film 11 can contain an assignment of the extracted useful symbols to screen areas resulting from graphic arrangement and emphasis, whereby a selection of the useful symbols can be made by clicking on these screen areas, without the click position making inferences about the position of the useful symbol within the window Display pattern or the decryption pattern is possible. These clickable screen areas are marked with an "X" in FIGS. 9 to 11,

9 shows a first embodiment of the third embodiment, wherein the display pattern is shown in FIG. 9a, the decryption pattern of the film 11 in FIG. 9b, and the visible result resulting from the optical decryption of the display pattern by the decryption pattern in FIG. 9c of the film 1 1 results. In the case of the first embodiment of the third exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 9, the numbers 9, 7, 3, 5, 6, 2 can be selected for the screen areas marked "X".

Fig. 10 shows a second embodiment of the third embodiment, wherein in Fig. 10a, the display pattern is shown, in Fig. 10b, the decryption pattern of the film 11 and in Fig. 10c, the visible result, which results from the optical decryption of the display pattern by the decryption pattern of the film 1 1. In Fig. 10, green areas are represented by underlining symbols. For red areas, the symbols are not underlined. In the second embodiment of the method according to the third embodiment shown in FIG. 10, both the display pattern and the decryption pattern are color-coded. The screen areas marked with "X" are arranged in colored blocks adjoined by numerical digits, and in the case of the payloads, the display pattern and the decoding pattern of the film 1 have the same color, the numeral is shown in the display pattern. In this way, the digits 3, 9, 7, 6, 2, 5 can be selected.

1 1 shows a third embodiment of the third embodiment, wherein in Fig. 1a the display pattern is shown, in Fig. 11 b, the decryption pattern of the film 11 and in Fig. 11 c, the visible result resulting from the optical decryption of the Display pattern by the decryption pattern of the film 11 results. In Fig. 11, green areas are again represented by underlining symbols. For red areas, the symbols are not underlined. In the third embodiment of the method according to the third exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 11, of the decryption pattern of the film 11 blocks are formed, in each of which a useful digit is highlighted. This payload may be selected at the screen area labeled "X" which is adjacent to the block, thus allowing the digits 2, 5, 6, 7, 3, 9 to be selected.

The fourth exemplary embodiment of the method according to the invention is explained below with reference to FIG. 12:

Fig. 12a shows the display pattern, Fig. 12b shows the decryption pattern of the film 11, and Fig. 12c shows the visible result resulting from the optical decryption of the display pattern by the decryption pattern of the film 11. In Fig. 12, green areas are again represented by underlining symbols. For red areas, the symbols are not underlined.

Compared to the previous embodiments, in this fourth embodiment, the distribution of information on the decryption pattern of the film 11 and on the display pattern is reversed. The decryption pattern of the film 1 1 contains in this case a symbol matrix, which in turn may be binary, in particular color-coded, z. B. in complementary colors. The display pattern generated by the server 1 includes corresponding binary coded pattern, in particular a complementary color pattern, through which certain symbols of the decryption pattern of the film 1 1 are superimposed or hidden in the visible result after the overlay. As can be seen in FIG. 12c, the visible result contains a left and a right block, wherein in the left block in each line a plurality of digits are highlighted and in the right block several letters are highlighted. The input statement consists of asking the user to first look in the left-hand block of the visible result for the line in which a certain numeric value is visibly displayed. This value is visible on the sixth line in the example shown in Fig. 12. Thereafter, the user should enter those visible letters that appear in the right line of the visible result in the same line the sixth line, namely "CUAT".

If the fourth embodiment is used in conjunction with an online banking method, the numerical value to be searched by the user in the left part of the decrypted display pattern may consist of part of the account number. The resulting letter sequence from the decrypted display pattern would then be a transaction number to be entered. In this way, one could associate the recipient account number with the transaction number and thereby achieve effective protection against so-called "man-in-the-middle attacks".

In the following, a fifth exemplary embodiment of the method according to the invention is explained with reference to FIG. 13:

Fig. 13a shows the display pattern, Fig. 13b shows the decryption pattern of the film 11, and Fig. 13c shows the visible result resulting from the optical decryption of the display pattern by the decryption pattern of the film 11. In Fig. 13, green areas are again represented by underlining symbols. For red areas, the symbols are not underlined. Furthermore, 6 blocks are shown highlighted in Figs. 13a and 13b, respectively. These blocks are also visible in the visible result shown in Fig. 13c e.g. Highlighted in color.

The fifth embodiment of the inventive method differs from the preceding embodiments in that it is suitable for securely transmitting data in only one direction in order, for example, to authenticate, without it being necessary for previously encrypted input instructions to be transmitted by the server 1 are. The user can rather create the display pattern itself and together with transmit the data to be transmitted to the server 1. An advantage of this embodiment is that the display pattern thus does not have to be dynamically generated in an interactive session matching the decryption pattern of the slide 11, such as e.g. B. from a bank server, who knows the decryption pattern of the film 1 1, but the complementary color coding of the display pattern may be any random pattern or z. B. by a hash function depending on the displayed plain text information.

The embodiment of the method according to the fifth embodiment has the advantage that the input instruction and the input based thereon depend directly on essential characteristic features of the transaction to be confirmed by the input procedure. This achieves a kind of simple digital signature.

Furthermore, it is advantageously possible in comparison to the fourth embodiment, not only a part, for. For example, an account number of a bank transaction, but possibly the full account number, the bank code and the amount.

The decryption pattern of the film 11 in this case contains a plurality of blocks. One part of the blocks contains only one binary color coding, the other part of the blocks additionally contains symbols arranged in a random pattern, e.g. consisting of letters and numbers. The display pattern also contains binary color coding, but the symbols in the blocks where the decryption pattern contains no symbols. The user now selects a symbol in the visible result for each of the two superimposed blocks, which occurs both in the upper block and in the lower block and which is highlighted in color in both blocks. In this way you get a six-digit code. In the example shown in Fig. 13c, the first superimposed blocks are the character "I", for the second blocks the character "N", for the third blocks the character "E", for the fourth blocks the character "F ", the number" 0 "for the fifth block and the number" 5 "for the sixth block. This code is transmitted along with the display pattern to the server 1, which can authenticate the user in this way and can understand the transmitted code as a confirmation of a transaction.

In the following, a sixth embodiment of the method according to the invention is explained with reference to FIGS. 14 to 20:

The sixth embodiment relates to an online banking method. The user is in possession of a slide 11 with the decryption pattern. This decryption pattern is, as in the first embodiment, stored in the memory 10 of the server 1 a bank. Fig. 14 shows the foil 11, which at the top left contains a serial number and also a decryption pattern having opaque black areas which are not used for decryption and randomly arranged areas of utility having a unique red-green random pattern. In the embodiment shown in Fig. 14, a total of ten payload areas are provided for displaying digits. Furthermore, the foil 1 1 comprises adjusting aids 12 at three corners.

For an online banking session, as shown in FIG. 15, an input field for an identification code and a password is displayed on the screen of the user. Furthermore, the bank server displays an encrypted control field with a display pattern whose size corresponds to the size of the decoding pattern of the film 11 and which was generated as described above.

After the user has entered his identification code and his password, as shown in Fig. 16, the request is displayed, the film 11 with the decryption pattern on the screen at the control window, for. by adhesion and click the adjustment aids 12. The server 1 then adjusts the size and position of the display pattern to align it exactly with the decryption pattern. The decoding pattern of the film 1 1 now decrypts the display pattern displayed by the server 1 in that the ten numbers 0 to 9 become visible in the useful areas of the film 11. To terminate and confirm the login, the user now enters either the upper or lower five-digit acknowledgment number, i. in the example shown in Fig. 17, the digit string "0, 6, 5, 4, 7".

As shown in Fig. 18, the user now begins with the bank transaction z. For example, an online transfer transaction by entering the details of the transfer in clear text in the appropriate fields.

The bank server 1 then generates a display pattern which, after being decrypted by the decryption pattern of the film 11, has an abbreviation of the name of the bank of the transfer in the upper line and a part of the recipient account number in the second line. As shown in Fig. 19, the name of the receiving bank is abbreviated by the letters "SPMUS." The second line displays the first five digits of the recipient's account number, and the user is requested to confirm by clicking on the "OK" area in that the abbreviation of the name of the beneficiary bank actually coincides with the recipient bank of the transfer and the first five digits of the recipient account number with the decrypted display in the second line of the display pattern.

The bank server then generates a new display pattern, the decryption of which is shown in FIG. It contains in the first line the transfer amount without decimal places, as well as a disturbance pattern to which no digits can be assigned. The user is requested to check whether the amount indicated in the first line of the decrypted display pattern matches the amount of the transfer and, if so, to enter the transaction code shown in the second line of the decrypted display pattern. In the embodiment shown in Fig. 20, this is the code "FMRY." This transaction code is transmitted to the bank server 12. From the transmitted data, the bank server can derive that there are no changes in the name of the recipient bank, the recipient account number, and the carrier Further, the bank server may deduce that the transaction code has been entered by the owner of a particular slide 11 having a unique decryption pattern.

The second exemplary embodiment of the system according to the invention and the seventh exemplary embodiment of the method according to the invention are explained with reference to FIGS. 21 to 23:

The exemplary embodiment relates to an online banking method and the devices used therein. It should be understood, however, that the method and apparatus may be used whenever data is to be securely transmitted electronically from one computing device to another computing device. It is noted that the second exemplary embodiment of the system according to the invention and the seventh exemplary embodiment of the method according to the invention can supplement the preceding exemplary embodiments in that the data transmission can be made even more secure. However, it is also possible to operate these exemplary embodiments of the system according to the invention and of the method according to the invention completely independently of the preceding exemplary embodiments. They thus represent independent aspects of the present invention.

The data processing system for performing the online transfer is shown schematically in FIG. It comprises a first data processing device 2 of a user, for. B. a bank customer, and as a second data processing device a bank server. 1 The user's data processing device 2 comprises a central processing unit 13, to which a data indexing device 14, an input device 15, an output device 16 and an index transaction code device 17 are connected. At least the data to be transmitted can be input to the input device 15. With the data index device 14, an index can be determined from the data to be transmitted, as will be explained later. With the index transaction code device 17, a transaction code can be obtained from a specific index, as will be explained later. With the central processing unit 13, the data to be transmitted can be linked to a transaction code obtained from the index transaction code device 17. The data associated with the transaction code may then be transferred by the output device 16 to other data processing devices.

The bank server 1 has a central processing unit 18, to which a receiving device 20, a further data index device 19 and a further index transaction code device 21 are connected. With the receiving device 20, data can be received by the data processing device 2 of the user. Incidentally, the units 16 and 20 may, however, also be designed so that they can both receive and transmit data. About the units 16 and 20, the data processing device 2 of the user and the bank server 1, an online connection via an electronic network, such. As the Internet 22, or other data transmission means. In this way, data can be exchanged between the data processing device 2 of the user and the bank server 1. The data index device 19 and the index transaction code device 21 of the bank server 1 correspond in function to the respective devices 14 and 17 of the data processing device 2 of the user.

In the following, the online banking method according to the seventh exemplary embodiment of the method according to the invention and the embodiments of the corresponding devices of the data processing system are explained:

First, the user - as a means for obtaining a plurality of transaction codes from a plurality of indices - in a known per se, a plurality of user-specific transaction codes, in particular transaction numbers (TAN), transmitted. Each transaction number is assigned exactly one index. There is thus a bijective mapping between the set of transaction numbers and the set of indices. Each transaction number is only valid for one data transfer. A table 26 with transaction numbers and associated indexes is shown in FIG. Such a table could advance the users for online transfers or for other transactions with the bank be transmitted in any way. Instead of the table, the user could also be provided with a device or an algorithm which generates corresponding tables, whereby the rule according to which the table 26 is generated for a specific user would have to be known by the bank so that the corresponding tables 26 can be used in the Bank are known respectively. The transmission of Table 26 corresponds to the known online banking method of transmitting the indexed transaction numbers.

The user now wants to electronically transfer data securely to the bank server 1. For example, he wants to make an online transfer to a specific recipient. For this purpose, an online connection is established between the data processing device 2 and the bank server 1 via the Internet 22. The data processing device 2 is then provided by the bank server 1, a form 23, as shown in Fig. 23. In this form, the user can enter the data for the online transfer by means of the input device 15 of his data processing device 2. The form includes fields for specifying the recipient, such as the recipient name, the bank code of the recipient's bank, and the recipient's bank account number. Furthermore, the amount to be transferred can be entered. Finally, the form contains a field for entering a transaction number, which the user or his data processing device 2 can select from the list of the table 26.

In selecting the transaction number, the following method is used in the described embodiment:

The index of the transaction number to which the transfer data is to be linked is related to the data to be transferred, i. here with the online transfer data. This means that a change in the part of the transferring data that goes into the context of the index leads to a different index.

In the embodiment described here, the index 25 corresponds to the transaction number to be associated with the data to be transmitted, ie the online transfer data, the last two digits of the account number 24 of the recipient. In the example shown in Figures 22 and 23, these last two digits are "21." The index 25 can be easily determined by the user based on his transfer data, but it is also possible that the data indexing means 14 of FIG Data processing device 2 of the user automatically calculates this index 25 from the transfer data to be transmitted, Such an automated determination of the index 25 is particularly expedient, when the rule by which the index 25 is detected is more complicated than in the embodiment described herein, and more data is included in the index 25 determination.

The transaction number with the index "21" is "85821745". This can be easily read by the user on the basis of his table, which was sent to him in advance, and then enter this transaction number via the input device 15. However, the table could also be stored in the data processing device 2 of the user. In this case, the index transaction code device 17 could automatically acquire the transaction number "85821745." However, the relationship between the transaction number and the index associated therewith could also be more complicated: For example, an algorithm could be stored in the index transaction code device 17, which generates a transaction number as an output variable from an index as an input variable.

This transaction number "85821745" is linked to the online transfer data, which is done by the central processing unit 13 of the user's data processing device 2. Once the transaction number is linked to the online transfer data, the online transfer data may be known per se be transferred via the Internet 22 to the bank server 1.

According to another embodiment, the form 23 is generated by a program which is executed on the data processing device 2 of the user. The online transfer data associated with the obtained transaction number can then be transmitted to the bank server 1 in a manner known per se.

When establishing the online connection between the data processing device 2 of the user and the bank server 1, the user authenticates, so that the bank server 1 knows from which user the transfer data should come. Alternatively, however, this information may also be transmitted along with the online transfer data.

For checking an unmanipulated transmission of the transfer data, the central processing unit 18 of the bank server 1 checks the transaction number associated with the transfer data for membership of the set of valid transaction numbers and, in the case of a positive check, determines the index associated with this transaction number. In the exemplary embodiment shown, the transaction number "85821745" is assigned the index "21". This step is performed in the index transaction code device 21. Subsequently, the data indexing device 19 of the bank server 1 determines whether this index is in the predetermined relationship with the transfer data. Here, the data indexer 19 uses the same method that was used when determining the index of the transaction number associated with the on-line transfer data. In the present case, therefore, the central processing unit 18 of the bank server 1 checks whether the index corresponds to the last two digits of the account number of the recipient. If the transfer details were transferred unmanipulated, the account number will continue to be "58204821", ie the last two digits of this account number correspond to the index of the transaction number "85821745".

Alternatively, the check can also be carried out by ascertaining from the transmitted data the predetermined relationship between the index belonging to this data and checking whether the index thus determined is a valid index and then checking in a second step whether the transaction code assigned to this index is identical to the transmitted transaction code.

Any manipulation of the last two digits of the account number, especially during data transmission, can thus be readily determined by the bank. In addition, any additional safety-critical data can be saved in this way.

For example, if a "man-in-the-middle attack" changed the account number of the recipient so that the last two digits would be "03", for example, the data index facility 19 would become the index transaction code facility 21 of the bank server 1 from this account number via the index "03" the transaction number "43883978" determine, as can be seen from the table 26 of FIG. 22. This transaction number does not correspond to the transaction number which was linked to the transfer data, so that the central processing unit 18 of the bank server 1 can easily recognize the manipulation of the recipient data.

It should be noted that the rule just described according to which the index of the transaction number with which the data to be transmitted is linked was determined from the data to be transmitted is a very simple rule. However, much more complex functional relationships or algorithms can be used here, which in particular can include all data that is to be protected against manipulation. This could be, in particular, all digits of the receiver's account number, which algorithm could be a standard check digit algorithm, as used in verifying account numbers for format correctness to guard against typing errors or number-dodgers. Furthermore, all the digits of the bank number of the recipient and the name of the recipient. In addition, the amount should be protected against manipulation and should therefore be taken into account when determining the Index 15. In this case, the determination of the index 15 can be carried out by the user himself or completely automatically by the data processing device 1 of the user. Likewise, the bank can check the received data completely automatically.

Advantageously, however, a provision is used which on the one hand protects relatively reliably against manipulation of the underlying data, but on the other hand can be easily understood by a user. For example, For each user individually different numbers from an account number could be used as an index. For user A, e.g. the 3rd and 5th digits of an entered account number form the index, while user B is the 2nd and 6th digits. This would also exclude tampering attempts which a fraudster might try to make, such as those described in the above-referenced method, which used the last two digits of an account number. To add a hundred different account numbers ending in end digits from 00 to 99 to fully cover a final digit space of from 00 to 99 in a "man-in-the-middle attack" a user-entered account number ending eg at "17" to fake one of his hundred account numbers, which also ends on "17".

According to a development of this embodiment, a conventional online transfer method with indexed transaction numbers is linked to the method according to the invention. In this case, the bank server 1 of the data processing device 2 of the user transmits a code before the data transmission, which code is taken into account in the determination of the index 25. For example, both this pre-transferred code and the recipient data and the amount used in determining the index 25 are used as parameters.

If the method according to the seventh exemplary embodiment is linked to one of the methods of the first six exemplary embodiments, the user receives in advance both the film 11 with the decryption pattern and the transaction codes with the associated indexes. The for the confirmation z. B. a bank transaction to be transmitted transaction code is then, as described in the seventh embodiment of the method according to the invention obtained. In this case, however, the input does not take place in the clear text, but via the encrypted input instructions, in particular the input mask, as described in the first six exemplary embodiments.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting data from a first data processing device to a second data processing device, wherein the first data processing device has a display device in which

the second data processing device (1) generates and transmits encrypted input instructions to the first data processing device (2), the first data processing device (2) displays the encrypted input instructions, - the encrypted input instructions are decrypted by being viewed through an optical filter with a decryption pattern , and

- The data to be transmitted are input by means of the decrypted by the optical filter input instructions in the first data processing device (2) and transmitted to the second data processing device (1).

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the input instructions are an input mask and that the data to be transmitted by means of the decrypted by the optical filter input mask in the first data processing device (2) are input.

3. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the decryption pattern is a binary image pattern, that a binary image pattern complementary or identical to the decryption pattern is generated when generating the encrypted input instructions, and that at the pixels of the complementary image pattern the input instructions are to form, the state of the pixels is changed so that they correspond to or are complementary to the corresponding pixels of the decoding pattern.

A method according to claim 3, characterized in that the decryption pattern comprises areas not used for decryption and user areas embedded therein and that the encrypted input instructions are generated so that for the non-decrypted areas for the input instructions one of the decryption pattern independent pattern is generated.

5. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the input instructions include a code, and that the code after the effected by the optical filter decryption in the first data processing device (2) is input and transmitted to the second data processing device (1).

6. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a user or the first data processing device (2) for the data transmission to the second data processing means (1) means for obtaining a plurality of transaction codes from a plurality of Indizes are transmitted and

- the electronic data transmission from the first data processing device (2) to the second data processing device (1) is linked to one of the plurality of transaction codes, wherein the index (25) of that one transaction code is related to the transmitted data.

7. Online banking method, comprising the method according to claim 6, wherein the first data processing device (2) of a data processing device of a user and the second data processing device (1) correspond to a bank server.

8. Online banking method according to claim 7, characterized in that the index (25) of the one transaction code is derived from digits of an account number (24) of the recipient and / or digits of the amount of a transfer to the recipient.

9. A system for transmitting data from a first data processing device to a second data processing device, wherein the first data processing device has a display device, characterized in that

- An optical filter for the display device (3) of the first data processing device (2) is provided, which contains a decryption pattern, the second data processing device (1) has a memory (10) in which the decryption pattern or information about the decryption pattern of the filter is / are stored, and

- The second data processing device (1) comprises means (9) for generating encrypted input instructions, wherein the encrypted Infrequently, input instructions may be generated in response to the stored decryption pattern or the stored information such that upon display of the encrypted input instructions, they are decrypted by viewing through the optical filter.

10. System according to claim 9, characterized in that the decryption pattern contains pixels from optical filters for two complementary colors.