New Enhanced Authentication Protocol for Internet of Things

Internet of Things (IoT) refers to a new extended network that enables to any object to be linked to the Internet in order to exchange data and to be controlled remotely. Nowadays, due to its multiple advantages, the IoT is useful in many areas like environment, water monitoring, industry, public security, medicine, and so on. For covering all spaces and operating correctly, the IoT benefits from advantages of other recent technologies, like radio frequency identification, wireless sensor networks, big data, and mobile network. However, despite of the integration of various things in one network and the exchange of data among heterogeneous sources, the security of user's data is a central question. For this reason, the authentication of interconnected objects is received as an interested importance. In 2012, Ye et al. suggested a new authentication and key exchanging protocol for Internet of things devices. However, we have proved that their protocol cannot resist to various attacks. In this paper, we propose an enhanced authentication protocol for IoT. Furthermore, we present the comparative results between our proposed scheme and other related ones.

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Internet of Things (IoT) is a new extended network that connects any object to the Internet for data exchange and remote control. Despite its advantages in multiple areas, ensuring security of user data remains a central concern, making authentication and key exchange protocols crucial. Ye et al. proposed a protocol in 2012, but it was found to be vulnerable to attacks, leading to the need for enhanced authentication protocols like the one proposed in this paper.