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An improved smart card based password authentication scheme with provable security

Published: 01 June 2009 Publication History

Abstract

Password authentication has been adopted as one of the most commonly used solutions in network environment to protect resources from unauthorized access. Recently, Lee-Kim-Yoo [S.W. Lee, H.S. Kim, K.Y. Yoo, Improvement of Chien et al.'s remote user authentication scheme using smart cards, Computer Standards & Interfaces 27 (2) (2005) 181-183] and Lee-Chiu [N.Y. Lee, Y.C. Chiu, Improved remote authentication scheme with smart card, Computer Standards & Interfaces 27 (2) (2005) 177-180] respectively proposed a smart card based password authentication scheme. We show that these two schemes are both subject to forgery attacks provided that the information stored in the smart card is disclosed by the adversary. We also propose an improved scheme with formal security proof.

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    cover image Computer Standards & Interfaces
    Computer Standards & Interfaces  Volume 31, Issue 4
    June, 2009
    257 pages

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    Elsevier Science Publishers B. V.

    Netherlands

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    Published: 01 June 2009

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    1. Network security
    2. Password authentication
    3. Provable security
    4. Smart card

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