Younes Lahraoui¹, Jihane Jebrane², Youssef Amal¹, Saiida Lazaar¹, Cheng-Chi Lee^3,4,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.144, No.1, pp. 615-641, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2025.067778 - 31 July 2025

Abstract Due to their resource constraints, Internet of Things (IoT) devices require authentication mechanisms that are both secure and efficient. Elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) meets these needs by providing strong security with shorter key lengths, which significantly reduces the computational overhead required for authentication algorithms. This paper introduces a novel ECC-based IoT authentication system utilizing our previously proposed efficient mapping and reverse mapping operations on elliptic curves over prime fields. By reducing reliance on costly point multiplication, the proposed algorithm significantly improves execution time, storage requirements, and communication cost across varying security levels. The proposed authentication… More >

Sugandhi Midha¹, Sahil Verma^1,*, Kavita¹, Mohit Mittal², Nz Jhanjhi^3,4, Mehedi Masud⁵, Mohammed A. AlZain⁶

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.2, pp. 3711-3726, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.027992 - 31 October 2022

Abstract Cloud-based SDN (Software Defined Network) integration offers new kinds of agility, flexibility, automation, and speed in the network. Enterprises and Cloud providers both leverage the benefits as networks can be configured and optimized based on the application requirement. The integration of cloud and SDN paradigms has played an indispensable role in improving ubiquitous health care services. It has improved the real-time monitoring of patients by medical practitioners. Patients’ data get stored at the central server on the cloud from where it is available to medical practitioners in no time. The centralisation of data on the… More >

Vivek Kumar Sinha¹, Divya Anand^1,*, Fahd S. Alharithi², Ahmed H. Almulihi²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.71, No.3, pp. 6293-6305, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.024877 - 14 January 2022

Abstract The 3PAKE (Three-Party Authenticated Key Exchange) protocol is a valuable cryptographic method that offers safe communication and permits two diverse parties to consent to a new safe meeting code using the trusted server. There have been explored numerous 3PAKE protocols earlier to create a protected meeting code between users employing the trusted server. However, existing modified 3PAKE protocols have numerous drawbacks and are incapable to provide desired secrecy against diverse attacks such as man-in-the-middle, brute-force attacks, and many others in social networks. In this article, the authors proposed an improved as well as safe 3PAKE… More >

Anhao Xiang, Jun Zheng^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.2, pp. 2141-2158, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.018808 - 21 July 2021

Abstract Distribution feeder microgrid (DFM) built based on existing distributed feeder (DF), is a promising solution for modern microgrid. DFM contains a large number of heterogeneous devices that generate heavy network traffice and require a low data delivery latency. The information-centric networking (ICN) paradigm has shown a great potential to address the communication requirements of smart grid. However, the integration of advanced information and communication technologies with DFM make it vulnerable to cyber attacks. Adequate authentication of grid devices is essential for preventing unauthorized accesses to the grid network and defending against cyber attacks. In this… More >