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Item Cryptanalysis and Improvement of Remote User Authentication Scheme Using Smart Card(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016) Madhusudhan, R.; Hegde, M.In a distributed environment, one of the major concerns is authentication of remote users. In this sector, legitimate users are more powerful attackers. The remote systems working with password and smart card ensures authorised access. Smart card based remote user authentication schemes have been adopted due to their low computation cost and portability. In 2012, Wen and Li proposed an improved dynamic ID based remote user authentication with key agreement scheme. They stated that their scheme provides protection against impersonation attack and preserves secret information. In this paper, we unveil the drawbacks of Wen and Li's scheme. Also we show that their scheme does not detect wrong password quickly, making it vulnerable to insider and smart card stolen attack. Further the scheme provides no protection for forward secrecy. To solve these security weaknesses, we propose a robust authentication scheme which overcomes all the pointed flaws, by keeping eminence of Wen and Li's scheme. © 2016 IEEE.Item Security bound enhancement of remote user authentication using smart card(Elsevier Ltd, 2017) Madhusudhan, R.; Hegde, M.Distribution of resources and services via open network has becoming latest trend in information technology. This is provided by many service provider servers. In open network, hackers can easily obtain the communication data. Therefore, open networks and servers demand the security to protect data and information. Hence, network security is most important requirement in distributed system. In this security system, authentication is considered as the fundamental and essential method. Recently many remote user authentication schemes are proposed. In 2012, WANG Ding et al. proposed a remote user authentication scheme, in which the author stated that the scheme provides protection against offline password guessing, impersonation and other known key attacks. By cryptanalysis we have identified that, WANG Ding et al.'s scheme does not provide user anonymity, once the smart card is stolen. This scheme is also susceptible to offline password guessing attack, server masquerading attack, stolen smart card attack and insider attack. Further, this scheme still has problem with proper perfect forward secrecy and user revocation. In order to fix these security weaknesses, an enhanced authentication scheme is proposed and analysed using the formal verification tool for measuring the robustness. From the observation of computational efficiency of the proposed scheme, we conclude that the scheme is more robust and easy to implement practically. © 2017Item A secure and enhanced elliptic curve cryptography-based dynamic authentication scheme using smart card(John Wiley and Sons Ltd vgorayska@wiley.com Southern Gate Chichester, West Sussex PO19 8SQ, 2018) Madhusudhan, R.; Hegde, M.; Memon, I.In remote system security, 2-factor authentication is one of the security approaches and provides fundamental protection to the system. Recently, numerous 2-factor authentication schemes are proposed. In 2014, Troung et al proposed an enhanced dynamic authentication scheme using smart card mainly to provide anonymity, secure mutual authentication, and session key security. By the analysis of Troung et al's scheme, we observed that Troung et al' s scheme does not provide user anonymity, perfect forward secrecy, server's secret key security and does not allow the user to choose his/her password. We also identified that Troung et al's scheme is vulnerable to replay attack. To fix these security weaknesses, a robust authentication scheme is proposed and analyzed using the formal verification tool for measuring the robustness. From the observation of computational efficiency of the proposed scheme, we conclude that the scheme is more secure and easy to implement practically. © © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.