Despite three decades of intensive research efforts, it remains an open question as to what
is the underlying distribution of user-generated passwords. In this paper, we make a …

The first edition of this book was published in 2003. Inevitably, certain parts of the book
became outdated quickly. At the same time new developments have continued apace …

The continuous development of network technology has driven the emergence of smart
devices, and the demand for smart devices interconnection has increased sharply, which …

The advancement of intelligent transportation systems has enhanced both vehicle ad hoc
networks (VANETs) and road safety. However, traditional cross-domain scenarios in …

Textual passwords are perhaps the most prevalent mechanism for access control over the
Internet. Despite the fact that human-beings generally select passwords in a highly skewed …

Computers are used in our everyday activities, with high volumes of users accessing
provided services. One-factor authentication consisting of a username and a password is the …

Abstract Currently, the Simple Password-Based Encrypted Key Exchange (SPAKE2)
protocol of Abdalla and Pointcheval (CT-RSA 2005) is being considered by the IETF for …

Password hashing is the common approach for maintaining users' password-related
information that is later used for authentication. A hash for each password is calculated and …

Due to the flexibility of wireless mesh networks (WMNs) to form the backhaul subnetworks,
future generation networks may have to integrate various kinds of WMNs under possibly …

Recent real-world attacks against Certification Authorities (CAs) and fraudulently issued
certificates arouse the public to rethink the security of public key infrastructure for web-based …