A Secure User Authentication Scheme against Smart-Card Loss Attack for Wireless Sensor Networks Using Symmetric Key Techniques

User authentication in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is a critical security issue due to their unattended and hostile deployment in the field. In order to protect the security of real-time data query from an external user, many two-factor (password and smart-card) user authentication schemes are p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lei Chen, Fushan Wei, Chuangui Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi - SAGE Publishing 2015-04-01
Series:International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/704502