On the analysis and design of a family tree of smart card based user authentication schemes

Abstract

A family (tree) of 2-party password-based authentication protocols based on smart cards abounds in security literature, more popularly known as remote user authentication schemes using smart cards. In this paper, we give a generic treatment to the security and analyses of such protocols, tracing back to the original versions due to Hwang et al. and Hwang-Li from which many variants have been derived. Our work here highlights the security implications of taking the break-and-tweak approach to protocol design. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007.