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Robust Anonymous Two-Factor Authentication Scheme for Roaming Service in Global Mobility Network

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Two-factor authentication scheme for roaming service in global mobility network enables the mobile user in possession of a password and a smart card to achieve mutual authentication and session key establishment with the foreign agent. In this paper, we first identify six properties of this type of schemes: (1) Anonymity and untraceability; (2) Robustness; (3) Authentication; (4) Session key security and fairness; (5) User friendliness; and (6) Efficiency, then propose a new scheme which satisfies all these requirements. Our result is validated applying the formal verification tool ProVerif based on applied pi calculus.

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Acknowledgments

This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61070153), the Major State Basic Research Development (973) Program of China (No. 2013CB834205), and Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (No. LZ12F02005).

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  1. Hangzhou Key Laboratory of Cryptography and Network Security, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 310036, China

    Qi Xie, Bin Hu, Mengjie Bao & Xiuyuan Yu

  2. Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

    Xiao Tan

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Xie, Q., Hu, B., Tan, X. et al. Robust Anonymous Two-Factor Authentication Scheme for Roaming Service in Global Mobility Network. Wireless Pers Commun 74, 601–614 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-013-1309-3

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