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Strong roaming authentication technique for wireless and mobile networks
Author(s) -
He Daojing,
Chen Chun,
Chan Sammy,
Bu Jiajun
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of communication systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.344
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1099-1131
pISSN - 1074-5351
DOI - 10.1002/dac.1387
Subject(s) - roaming , computer science , computer network , authentication protocol , authentication (law) , computer security , protocol (science) , wireless network , wireless , mobile device , telecommunications , world wide web , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
SUMMARY When one considers the broad range of wirelessly connected mobile devices used today, it is clear that integrating such network‐enabled devices into secure roaming over wireless networks is of essential importance. Over the years, many authentication protocols have been suggested to address this issue. Among these protocols, the recently proposed privacy‐preserving universal authentication protocol, Priauth , exceeds the security and efficiency of other authentication techniques. This paper studies the existing roaming authentication protocols and shows that they are not strong enough to provide secure roaming services in three aspects. Further, using Priauth as an example, we propose efficient remedies that fix the weaknesses. The experimental results show that the proposed approaches are feasible in practice. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.