Secure online game play with token: A case study in the design of multi-factor authentication device

Abstract

Online game security is often discussed, but, in game development, security factors are tend to be an afterthought. It is helpful to consider the unique perspectives of the game designer, security engineer, and game player all together in the game development process. In this paper, we present a framework for a formal approach to understand the security interface. We also try to integrate different perspectives when analyzing cases which use a hardware security token for online games. This interface-level analysis of security attempts to achieve two goals: Firstly, to make the security in online gaming not merely an add-on feature but an integrated part of game development. Secondly, to bridge the gap between game design and security technology and allow the game designer and security engineer to collaborate toward their particular goals. © 2011 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.