An asymmetric authentication protocol for m-commerce applications

The users of mobile devices that have access to the Internet services increases while they are on the move (i.e. anywhere and at any time). This results in a new phenomenon- mobile electronic commerce, or m-commerce. Security provision for m-commerce community is a challenging task due to insecure air interface of wireless access networks, limited computational capability and battery of life of mobile devices, and the mobility of users. This paper presents a novel asymmetric end-to-end authentication protocol that is based on the concept of using the wireless access home network of a mobile station to assist its authentication with a service provider. The security of the proposed protocol is analysed and its performance against other related work is evaluated.