Smart-card based password authentication has been the most widely used two-factor
authentication (2FA) mechanism for security-critical applications (eg, e-Health, smart grid …

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 …

Abstract An Ideal Cipher (IC) is a cipher where each key defines a random permutation on
the domain. Ideal Cipher on a group has many attractive applications, eg, the Encrypted Key …

Password-based authenticated key exchange () protocol, a widely used authentication
mechanism to realize secure communication, allows protocol participants to establish a high …

Abstract Password Authenticated Key Exchange (PAKE) have become a key building block
in many security products as they provide interesting efficiency/security trade-offs. Indeed, a …

Abstract Hash Proof Systems or Smooth Projective Hash Functions (SPHFs) are a form of
implicit arguments introduced by Cramer and Shoup at Eurocrypt'02. They have found many …

We propose a generic construction of password-based authenticated key exchange (PAKE)
from key encapsulation mechanisms (KEM). Assuming that the KEM is oneway secure …

Non-interactive zero-knowledge (NIZK) proofs are fundamental to modern cryptography.
Numerous NIZK constructions are known in both the random oracle and the common …

In recent years, the Internet of Things (IoT) has gained immense popularity in various
aspects of work, learning, and daily life. Within the IoT realm, there is a growing concern …

Reducing the number of communication rounds of Password-based Authenticated Key
Exchange (PAKE PAKE) protocols is of great practical significance. At PKC'15, Abdalla et al …