Journal
MULTIMEDIA TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS
Volume 77, Issue 5, Pages 5503-5524Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11042-017-4464-9
Keywords
Authentication; Key agreement; Biometrics; Smart card; Smart card stolen attack; Anonymity violation; ProVerif; Telemedicine
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- King Saud University [PRG-1436-16]
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In recent past, Mir and Nikooghadam presented an enhanced biometrics based authentication scheme using lightweight symmetric key primitives for telemedicine networks. This scheme was introduced in an anticipation to the former biometrics based authentication system proposed by Yan et al. Mir and Nikooghadam declared that their scheme is invincible against potential attacks while providing user anonymity. Our study and in-depth analysis unveil that Mir and Nikooghadam's authentication scheme is susceptible to smart card stolen attack, moreover anonymity violation is still possible despite the claim of Mir and Nikooghadam. We have utilized the random oracle model in order to perform security analysis. The analysis endorses that the proposed scheme is robust enough to provide protection against all potential attacks specially smart card stolen attack and user anonymity violation attack. Analysis is further substantiated through an automated software application ProVerif. The analysis also shows that proposed scheme is computationally efficient than Mir and Nikooghadam's scheme.
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