An enhanced two-factor user authentication in wireless sensor networks

作者：Yuan, Jian-Jun^*

来源：Telecommunication Systems, 2014, 55(1): 105-113.

DOI：10.1007/s11235-013-9755-5

• Authentication
• Biometrics
• Smart card
• Security
• Wireless sensor networks

Since wireless sensor networks (WSN) are often deployed in an unattended environment and sensor nodes are equipped with limited computing power modules, user authentication is a critical issue when a user wants to access data from sensor nodes. Recently, M. L. Das proposed a two-factor user authentication scheme in WSN and claimed that his scheme is secure against different kinds of attack. Later, Khan and Alghathbar (K-A) pointed out that Das' scheme has some security pitfalls and showed several improvements to overcome these weaknesses. However, we demonstrate that in the K-A-scheme, there is no provision of non-repudiation, it is susceptible to the attack due to a lost smart card, and mutual authentication between the user and the GW-node does not attained. Moreover, the GW-node cannot prove that the first message comes from the user. To overcome these security weaknesses of the K-A-scheme, we propose security patches and prove our scheme.

• 出版日期2014-1
• 单位同济大学