%0 Journal Article %T On the security of an anonymous roaming protocol in UMTS mobile networks %A Shuhua Wu %J Maejo International Journal of Science and Technology %D 2012 %I Maejo University %X In this communication, we first show that the privacy-preserving roaming protocol recently proposed for mobile networks cannot achieve the claimed security level. Then we suggest an improved protocol to remedy its security problems. %K cryptanalysis %K anonymous roaming %K authentication %K UMTS %U http://www.mijst.mju.ac.th/vol6/62-69.pdf