Paper Info
Title
An improved Multi-server Authentication Scheme for Distributed Mobile Cloud Computing Services.
Abstract
Mobile cloud computing (MCC) has revolutionized the way in which the services can be obtained from the cloud service providers. Manifold increase in the number of mobile devices and subscribers in MCC has further enhanced the need of an efficient and robust authentication solution. Earlier, the subscribers could get cloud-computing services from the cloud service providers only after having consulted the trusted third party. Recently, Tsai and Lo has proposed a multi-server authenticated key agreement solution for MCC based on bilinear pairing, to eliminate the trusted third party for mutual authentication. The scheme has been novel as far as the minimization of trusted party involvement in authenticating the user and service provider, is concerned. However, the Tsai and Lo scheme has been found vulnerable to server spoofing attack (misrepresentation attack), de-synchronization attack and denial-of-service attack, which renders the scheme unsuitable for practical deployment in different wireless mobile access networks. Therefore, we have proposed an improved model based on bilinear pairing, countering the identified threats posed to Tsai and Lo scheme. Besides, the proposed work also demonstrates performance evaluation and formal security analysis.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.3837/tiis.2016.12.021
KSII TRANSACTIONS ON INTERNET AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Keywords
Field
DocType
Multi-server authentication,mobile cloud computing,trusted third party,attacks,cryptanalysis
Mobile cloud computing,Multi server,Computer science,Computer network,SSLIOP,Authentication scheme,Distributed computing,Cloud computing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
10
12
1976-7277
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.40
0
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Azeem Irshad15913.32
Muhammad Sher239130.48
Hafiz Farooq Ahmad316429.04
Bander A. Alzahrani45010.72
Shehzad Ashraf Chaudhry542028.94
Rahul Kumar6267.97