Cryptology ePrint Archive: Report 2010/240

Weaknesses of a dynamic ID-based remote user authentication scheme

He Debiao, Chen Jianhua, Hu Jin

Abstract: The security of a password authentication scheme using smart cards proposed by Khan et al. is analyzed. Four kinds of attacks are presented in different scenarios. The analyses show that the scheme is insecure for practical application.

Category / Keywords: cryptographic protocols / Authentication; Security; Cryptanalysis; Smart card; Attacks

Publication Info: the paper has not been published

Date: received 28 Apr 2010

Contact author: hedebiao at 163 com

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Short URL: ia.cr/2010/240

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