Title :
A hierarchical two-tier one-way hash chain protocol for secure internet transactions
Author :
Alabrah, Amerah ; Bassiouni, Mostafa
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
One-way hash chains are a popular cryptographic technique used in many security applications. In this paper, we present a two-tier one-way hash chain (TTOHC) protocol to secure cookie-based Internet transactions. The use of cookies as a cheaper alternative to secure Internet sessions is extremely dangerous since session cookies can be easily sniffed out resulting in session hijacking. By utilizing different cryptographic hash functions arranged in two tiers, our hierarchical TTOHC protocol gives significant performance improvement over previously proposed solutions for securing Internet cookies. A detailed Java testbed has been used to evaluate alternative configurations for the hierarchical scheme and investigate the optimal set up of the two tiers. Detailed performance results obtained from this testbed are presented and analyzed.
Keywords :
Internet; Java; computer network performance evaluation; computer network security; cryptographic protocols; Java testbed; cryptographic hash functions; cryptographic technique; hierarchical TTOHC protocol; hierarchical two-tier one-way hash chain protocol; performance improvement; secure cookie-based Internet transactions; session hijacking; HTTPS; One-way hash chains; secure Internet transactions; user sessions;
Conference_Titel :
Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0920-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1930-529X
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.2012.6503222