DocumentCode :
1892795
Title :
Unlinkable authentication for roaming user in heterogeneous wireless networks
Author :
Eun-Kyung Ryu ; Gil-Je Lee ; Kee-Young Yoo
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Kyungpook Nat. Univ., Daegu, South Korea
fYear :
2013
fDate :
2-6 Dec. 2013
Firstpage :
629
Lastpage :
634
Abstract :
The 3rd Generation Partnership Project published the specifications of heterogeneous cellular and wireless local area networks interworking, enabling to provide high-speed data services along with anywhere, anytime connectivity to mobile users. In order to achieve the required security properties in such settings, Extensible Authentication Protocol-Authentication and Key Agreement (EAP-AKA) is adopted. However, the fact that the EAP-AKA is vulnerable to a type of man-in-the-middle attack as well as potential threats to user privacy causes major obstacles on the practical use of the technologies. In this paper, we describe a new scheme for supporting secure and unlinkable user authentication in the cellular and wireless networks interworking settings. Our scheme achieves all required security properties including security against the man-in-the-middle type of attacks, replay attacks, and rogue access point attacks. It guarantees user privacy with no scalability problem. It does not require any synchronization mechanism. It requires only five communication rounds. Furthermore, it does not impose the requirement of the public-key infrastructure.
Keywords :
cellular radio; radio networks; telecommunication security; 3rd Generation Partnership Project; EAP-AKA; data service; extensible authentication protocol-authentication and key agreement; heterogeneous cellular network; heterogeneous wireless network; man-in-the-middle attack; mobile user; public-key infrastructure; roaming user; rogue access point attack; scalability problem; secure authentication; synchronization mechanism; unlinkable user authentication; user privacy; wireless local area network; Authentication; Privacy; Protocols; Servers; Wireless LAN; Wireless networks; Authentication; Heterogeneous Wireless Networks; Privacy; Unlinkability;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Connected Vehicles and Expo (ICCVE), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICCVE.2013.6799868
Filename :
6799868
Link To Document :
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