Title: Efficient remote user authentication scheme using smart cards

Authors: Rafael Martínez-Peláez; Francisco Rico-Novella; Cristina Satizábal; Jacek Pomykała

Addresses: Telematic Engineering Department, Technical University of Catalonia, Jordi Girona 1-3, C3, 08034, Barcelona, Spain; Licenciatura en Informatica, Universidad de la Sierra Sur, Guillermo Rojas Mijangos S/N, Cubiculo de Profesores, Miahuatlan de Porfirio Diaz, 70800, Mexico. ' Telematic Engineering Department, Technical University of Catalonia, Jordi Girona 1-3, C3, 08034, Barcelona, Spain. ' Division de Estudios de Postgrado, Universidad de la Sierra Sur, Guillermo Rojas Mijangos S/N, Instituto de Estudios Municipales, Miahuatlan de Porfirio Diaz, 70800, Mexico. ' Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, Warsaw University, Banacha 2, 02-097, Warsaw, Poland

Abstract: In 2009, Kim-Chung proposed a secure remote user authentication scheme. In this paper, we show that Kim-Chung|s scheme does not establish a session key. Moreover, the scheme requires time-synchronisation. In order to remedy these drawbacks, this paper proposes an improvement scheme which fulfils all the security requirements for a remote user authentication scheme. Security analysis proved that the improved scheme resists the typical attacks. Furthermore, the analysis of computational cost and storage capacity demonstrated that the scheme is feasible for a practical implementation.

Keywords: ID-based; mutual authentication; network security; passwords; secure communication; remote user authentication; secure user authentication; smart cards; identity-based.

DOI: 10.1504/IJITST.2011.043137

International Journal of Internet Technology and Secured Transactions, 2011 Vol.3 No.4, pp.407 - 418

Published online: 29 Nov 2014 *

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