Secure Authentication Protocol Based on Machine-metrics and RC4-EA Hashing

Ashraf Aboshosha, Kamal A. ElDahshan, Eman K. Elsayed, Ahmed A. Elngar
2016 International Journal of Network Security  
Most authentication schemes are using physical token such as smart cards to restrict services. Although these schemes have been widely deployed for various kinds of daily applications; there are severe challenges regarding their infrastructure requirements and security. This paper proposes an efficient authentication protocol based on user's machine-metrics. The proposed protocol uses the machine physical metrics to identify machines in the network, which provides the basic capability to
more » ... an unauthorized machine to access resources. Thus, machine-merics based authentication for machine can be looked as an analog of biometric-based authentication for human. The proposed protocol is employing the RC4-EA Hashing function to secure the collected machinemerics. Since it is satisfying the basic requirements of a cryptographic hash function. Therefore, the purpose of the proposed protocol is theft-proofing and guarding against attacks based on stolen or lost tokens. Also, it offers strong protection against several attacks such as credential compromising attacks.
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