Alibaba Group Holding Limited
System, method, and apparatus for secure identity authentication

Abstract:

A method for authentication is disclosed. The method may be implemented by a terminal device. The method may comprise generating, by a starting unit of the terminal device, process information of a process of the terminal device before starting the process, transmitting, by the starting unit, the process information to an authentication proxy of the terminal device, requesting, by the process, the authentication proxy to authenticate the process after the process is started, obtaining, by the authentication proxy and from system resources of the terminal device, process information corresponding to the process, and determining, by the authentication proxy, that the process is legal if the obtained process information is the same as the process information transmitted to the authentication proxy.