Title :
Improvement of Gunther´s identity-based key exchange protocol
Author_Institution :
Dept. d´Inf., Univ. Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Abstract :
The author proposes a modification of Gunther´s key exchange protocol. The modified protocol reduces the number of passes to half, and so minimises the communication between the parties. The protocol may also provide perfect forward secrecy, without additional transmitted data.
Keywords :
protocols; Gunther key exchange protocol; identity-based key exchange protocol; perfect forward secrecy; protocol modification;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20001091
