Weaknesses of Password Authentication Scheme Based on Geometric Hashing

Martin Stanek

Paper 2014/286

Weaknesses of Password Authentication Scheme Based on Geometric Hashing

Martin Stanek

Abstract

We show that a recently proposed password authentication scheme based on geometric hashing has several security weaknesses, and that the use of this scheme should be avoided in practice.

Metadata

Available format(s): PDF
Category: Cryptographic protocols
Publication info: Preprint.
Keywords: authentication schemes
Contact author(s): stanek @ dcs fmph uniba sk
History: 2014-04-26: received
Short URL: https://ia.cr/2014/286
License: CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2014/286,
      author = {Martin Stanek},
      title = {Weaknesses of Password Authentication Scheme Based on Geometric Hashing},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2014/286},
      year = {2014},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2014/286}
}