In order to relvedy the security weaknesses of a robust user authentication framework for wireless sensor networks, an enhanced user authentication framework is presented. The enhanced scheme requires proof of the pos...In order to relvedy the security weaknesses of a robust user authentication framework for wireless sensor networks, an enhanced user authentication framework is presented. The enhanced scheme requires proof of the possession of both a password and a snort card, and provides more security guarantees in two aspects： 1） it addresses the untmceability property so that any third party accessing the communication channel cannot link two authentication sessions originated from the same user, and 2） the use of a smart card prevents offiine attacks to guess passwords. The security and efficiency analyses indicate that our enhanced scheme provides the highest level of security at reasonable computational costs. Therefore, it is a practical authentication scheme with attractive security features for wireless sensor networks.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University under Grant No. IRT1078 the Key Program of NSFC-Guangdong Union Foundation under Grant No.U1135002+3 种基金 the Major National S＆T Program under Grant No.2011ZX03005-002 the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants No. 61072066, No.61173135, No.61100230, No.61100233, No.61202389, No.61202390 the Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China under Grants No.2012JQ8043, No. 2012JM8030, No. 2012JM8025, No2011JQ8003 the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under Cxants No. JY10000903001, No. K50511030004. The authors would like to thank the anonymous reviewers and the editor for their constructive comments that have helped us to improve this paper.
文摘In order to relvedy the security weaknesses of a robust user authentication framework for wireless sensor networks, an enhanced user authentication framework is presented. The enhanced scheme requires proof of the possession of both a password and a snort card, and provides more security guarantees in two aspects： 1） it addresses the untmceability property so that any third party accessing the communication channel cannot link two authentication sessions originated from the same user, and 2） the use of a smart card prevents offiine attacks to guess passwords. The security and efficiency analyses indicate that our enhanced scheme provides the highest level of security at reasonable computational costs. Therefore, it is a practical authentication scheme with attractive security features for wireless sensor networks.
