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An efficient anonymous authentication protocol in multiple server communication networks (EAAM)

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In a multi-server authentication environment, a user only needs to register once at a central registration place before accessing the different services on the different registered servers. Both, from a user point of view as for the management and maintenance of the infrastructure, these types of environments become more and more popular. Smartcard- or smartphone-based approaches lead to more secure systems because they offer two- or three-factor authentication, based on the strict combination of the user’s password, the user’s biometrics and the possession of the device. In this paper, we propose an efficient anonymous authentication protocol in multiple server communication networks, called the EAAM protocol, which is able to establish user anonymity, mutual authentication, and resistance against known security attacks. The novelty of the proposed scheme is that it does not require a secure channel during the registration between the user and the registration center and is resistant to a curious but honest registration system. These features are established in a highly efficient way with the minimum amount of communication flows between user and server during the establishment of the secret shared key and by using light-weight cryptographic techniques such as Chebyshev chaotic map techniques and symmetric key cryptography. The performance and security of the protocol are analyzed and compared with the latest new proposals in this field.

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  1. INDI and ETRO Department, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

    An Braeken

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, England

    Pardeep Kumar

  3. Centre for Wireless Communications, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

    Madhusanka Liyanage

  4. School of Electronics and Telecommunications, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Ta Thi Kim Hue

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Braeken, A., Kumar, P., Liyanage, M. et al. An efficient anonymous authentication protocol in multiple server communication networks (EAAM). J Supercomput 74, 1695–1714 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11227-017-2190-8

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