Key Authentication Scheme-based on Discrete Logarithms and Chinese Remainder Theorem

• Published in: Defense science journal Vol. 66; no. 6; pp. 590 - 593
• Main Authors: Kumaraswamy, P., Rao, C.V. Guru, Janaki, V., Prashanth, K.V.T.K.N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi Defence Scientific Information & Documentation Centre 01.11.2016
• Subjects: Authentication; Availability; Cryptography; Defense industry; Exchange; Logarithms; Military applications; Network security; Public Key Infrastructure; Servers; Theorems

Public key cryptosystems are secure only when the authenticity of the public key is assured. Shao proposed a new scheme to overcome the problems of the existing schemes, which suffers from two major drawbacks. The first drawback is the availability of users’ passwords in plaintext format in key serv...