Secure Delegation-Based Authentication Protocol for Wireless Roaming Service

Author

Tsai, Jia-Lun ; Lo, Nai-Wei ; Wu, Tzong-Chen

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Manage., Nat. Taiwan Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Taipei, Taiwan

Volume

16

Issue

7

fYear

2012

fDate

7/1/2012 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1100

Lastpage

1102

Abstract

Portable devices, with wireless communication capability, are used widely in everyday life. Preventing personal sensitive information from being revealed to an adversary through insecure wireless communication channels has therefore become a serious concern. This study proposes a novel ECC-based authentication protocol for portable communication systems. The proposed protocol resists DoS attacks and requires less computation cost when authenticating a communication session. In addition, the proposed protocol provides user unlinkability.

Keywords

cryptographic protocols; radio networks; telecommunication security; telecommunication services; wireless channels; DoS attacks; ECC-based authentication protocol; communication session authentication; computation cost; delegation-based authentication protocol security; insecure wireless communication channels; personal sensitive information; portable communication systems; portable devices; wireless communication capability; wireless roaming service; Authentication; Communication system security; Computer crime; Databases; Protocols; Wireless communication; Denial of Service (DoS) attack; Portable device; authentication; unlinkability; wireless roaming service;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7798

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LCOMM.2012.052112.120525

Filename

6208779