Cryptanalysis of an Efficient Biometric Authentication Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

Das, Ashok Kumar

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“…Althobaiti et al [29] further presented an efficient biometric-based user authentication scheme for WSNs. Unfortunately, it is shown that their scheme has several security pitfalls [30], and as a result, their scheme is not practical to use for the real-life WSN applications. Das and Bezawada [31] proposed a user authentication mechanism in heterogeneous WSNs based on biometrics, passwords, and smart cards, which can defend various known attacks.…”

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A secure and effective biometric‐based user authentication scheme for wireless sensor networks using smart card and fuzzy extractor

Das

2015

Int J Communication

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SUMMARYUser authentication is a prominent security requirement in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) for accessing the real-time data from the sensors directly by a legitimate user (external party). Several user authentication schemes are proposed in the literature. However, most of them are either vulnerable to different known attacks or they are inefficient. Recently, Althobaiti et al. presented a biometric-based user authentication scheme for WSNs. Although their scheme is efficient in computation, in this paper, we first show that their scheme has several security pitfalls such as (i) it is not resilient against node capture attack; (ii) it is insecure against impersonation attack; and (iii) it is insecure against man-in-the-middle attack. We then aim to propose a novel biometric-based user authentication scheme suitable for WSNs in order to withstand the security pitfalls found in Althobaiti et al. scheme. We show through the rigorous security analysis that our scheme is secure and satisfies the desirable security requirements. Furthermore, the simulation results for the formal security verification using the most widely used and accepted Automated Validation of Internet Security Protocols and Applications tool indicate that our scheme is secure. Our scheme is also efficient compared with existing related schemes.

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A secure and effective biometric‐based user authentication scheme for wireless sensor networks using smart card and fuzzy extractor

Das

2015

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“…Another biometric‐based user authentication scheme for WSNs proposed by Althobaiti et al . also suffers from various security pitfalls . Das then presented a more secure and effective biometric‐based user authentication scheme using smart card and fuzzy extractor to erase the security weaknesses found in the Althobaiti et al .…”

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“…In 2013, a temporal credential-based lightweight user authentication and key agreement scheme was proposed by Xue et al [23], and again, it was later found insecure [20,24,25]. Another biometric-based user authentication scheme for WSNs proposed by Althobaiti et al [26] also suffers from various security pitfalls [27,28]. Das [28] then presented a more secure and effective biometric-based user authentication scheme using smart card and fuzzy extractor to erase the security weaknesses found in the Althobaiti et al scheme.…”

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On the design of a secure user authentication and key agreement scheme for wireless sensor networks

Kumari

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Concurrency and Computation

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Summary A wireless sensor network (WSN) typically consists of a large number of resource‐constrained sensor nodes and several control or gateway nodes. Ensuring the security of the asymmetric nature of WSN is challenging, and designing secure and efficient user authentication and key agreement schemes for WSNs is an active research area. For example, in 2016, Farash et al. proposed a user authentication and key agreement scheme for WSNs. However, we reveal previously unpublished vulnerabilities in their scheme, which allow an attacker to carry out sensor node spoofing, password guessing, user/sensor node anonymity, and user impersonation attacks. We then present a scheme, which does not suffer from the identified vulnerabilities. To demonstrate the practicality of the scheme, we evaluate the scheme using NS‐2 simulator. We then prove the scheme secure using Burrows–Abadi–Needham logic. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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An improved and provably secure three-factor user authentication scheme for wireless sensor networks

Kumari

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Cryptanalysis of an Efficient Biometric Authentication Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

Cited by 4 publications

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A secure and effective biometric‐based user authentication scheme for wireless sensor networks using smart card and fuzzy extractor

A secure and effective biometric‐based user authentication scheme for wireless sensor networks using smart card and fuzzy extractor

On the design of a secure user authentication and key agreement scheme for wireless sensor networks

An improved and provably secure three-factor user authentication scheme for wireless sensor networks

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