On the anonymity of some authentication schemes for wireless communications

Peng Zeng, Zhenfu Cao*, Kim Kwang Raymond Choo, Shengbao Wang

*Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    In 2004, Zhu and Ma proposed a new and efficient authentication scheme claiming to provide anonymity for wireless environments. Two years later, Lee et al. revealed several previously unpublished flaws in Zhu-Ma's authentication scheme and proposed a fix. More recently in 2008, Wu et al. pointed out that Lee et al.'s proposed fix fails to preserve anonymity as claimed and then proposed yet another fix to address the problem. In this paper, we use Wu et al.'s scheme as a case study and demonstrate that due to an inherent design flaw in Zhu-Ma's scheme, the latter and its successors are unlikely to provide anonymity. We hope that by identifying this design flaw, similar structural mistakes can be avoided in future designs.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)170-171
    Number of pages2
    JournalIEEE Communications Letters
    Volume13
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009

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