Self-Updating One-Time Password Mutual Authentication Protocol for Ad Hoc Network

• Feng Xu,
• Xin Lv,
• Qi Zhou,
• Xuan Liu,

Vol. 8, No. 5, May 28, 2014
10.3837/tiis.2014.05.018, Download Paper (Free):

• ad hoc network
• Mutual Authentication
• Self-Updating
• Infinite Length Hash Chain
• Man-in-the-middle Attack
• Traceability

Abstract

As a new type of wireless network, Ad hoc network does not depend on any pre-founded infrastructure, and it has no centralized control unit. The computation and transmission capability of each node are limited. In this paper, a self-updating one-time password mutual authentication protocol for Ad hoc network is proposed. The most significant feature is that a hash chain can update by itself smoothly and securely through capturing the secure bit of the tip. The updating process does not need any additional protocol or re-initialization process and can be continued indefinitely to give rise to an infinite length hash chain, that is, the times of authentication is unlimited without reconstructing a new hash chain. Besides, two random variable are added into the messages interacted during the mutual authentication, enabling the protocol to resist man-in-the-middle attack. Also, the user’s identity information is introduced into the seed of hash chain, so the scheme achieves anonymity and traceability at the same time.

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