Title :
Security analysis of the generalized key agreement and password authentication protocol
Author :
Yeh, Her-Tyan ; Sun, Hung-Min ; Hwang, Tzonelih
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Eng., Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan
Abstract :
We show that the enhanced version of the generalized key agreement and password authentication protocol, proposed by Kwon and Song (see IEICE Trans. Commun., vol.E83-B, no.9, p.2044-50, Sept. 2000), is insecure against off-line password guessing attacks.
Keywords :
cryptography; message authentication; protocols; telecommunication security; cryptanalysis; generalized key agreement; off-line password guessing attacks; password authentication protocol; Authentication; Computer science; Cryptographic protocols; Cryptography; Resists; Secure storage; Sun;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/4234.966034
