Abstract
Password-based authenticated key exchange (PAKE) protocol has been widely used in practice since it is convenient for users. However, the easy-to-remember property of the password also brings security problem. In this letter, we show there is an off-line dictionary attack in an efficient PAKE protocol when the smart card is lost. In order to resist the attack we give a countermeasure to improve it. The countermeasure makes a simple change to the original protocol which does not affect the efficiency of the protocol.
Funding Information
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (61572460, 61462003, 71462001)
  • Open Project Program of the State Key Laboratory of Information Security (2017-ZD-01)