Isn't the authentication unidirectional? Alice can confirm its Bob, or Bob can confirm its Alice, but they can't both be sure they are talking to the real person.
"Malice" could ask Bob for his code, and lie about it matching (or maybe Malice has no code at all and is pretending to match), lulling Bob into thinking that authentication was successful based on taking Malice's word for it.
Seems like you would need two codes for mutual authentication. One for Alice to Bob, and one for Bob to Alice.
"Malice" could ask Bob for his code, and lie about it matching (or maybe Malice has no code at all and is pretending to match), lulling Bob into thinking that authentication was successful based on taking Malice's word for it.
Seems like you would need two codes for mutual authentication. One for Alice to Bob, and one for Bob to Alice.