Password authentication is the dominant form of access control for the Web and mobile
devices, and its practicality and ubiquity is unlikely to be replaced by other authentication …

Secure and efficient access authentication is one of the most important security
requirements for vehicular networks, but it is difficult to fulfill due to potential security attacks …

The security model relying on the traditional defense of the perimeter cannot protect modern
dynamic organizations. The emerging paradigm called zero trust proposes a modern …

Password-based single-sign-on authentication has been widely applied in mobile
environments. It enables an identity server to issue authentication tokens to mobile users …

An oblivious PRF, or OPRF, is a protocol between a client and a server, where the server
has a key k for a secure pseudorandom function F, and the client has an input x for the …

In this article, we propose SPADE, an encrypted data deduplication scheme that resists
compromised key servers and frees users from the key management problem. Specifically …

Honeywords are decoy passwords associated with each user account to timely detect
password leakage. The key issue lies in how to generate honeywords that are hard to be …

In this paper, we propose a servers-aided password-based subsequent-key-locked
encryption mechanism to ensure the confidentiality of outsourced electronic health records …

Authentication technology has been employed in a variety of Internet of Things (IoT)
applications, such as electronic medical services, smart homes, and the Internet of Vehicles …

Web3 applications based on blockchains regularly need access to randomness that is
unbiased, unpredictable, and publicly verifiable. For Web3 gaming applications, this …