Title :
SKEME: a versatile secure key exchange mechanism for Internet
Author_Institution :
IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
A secure and versatile key exchange protocol for key management over Internet is presented. SKEME constitutes a compact protocol that supports a variety of realistic scenarios and security models over Internet. It provides clear tradeoffs between security and performance as required by the different scenarios without incurring in unnecessary system complexity. The protocol supports key exchange based on public key, key distribution centers, or manual installation, and provides for fast and secure key refreshment. In addition, SKEME selectively provides perfect forward secrecy, allows for replaceability and negotiation of the underlying cryptographic primitives, and addresses privacy issues as anonymity and repudiatability
Keywords :
Internet; access protocols; public key cryptography; Internet; SKEME; anonymity; cryptography; key distribution centers; performance; privacy issues; public key; repudiatability; secure key exchange mechanism; versatile key exchange protocol; Design engineering; Engineering management; Internet; Privacy; Protocols; Public key; Public key cryptography; Scalability; Security; Standards development;
Conference_Titel :
Network and Distributed System Security, 1996., Proceedings of the Symposium on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7222-6
DOI :
10.1109/NDSS.1996.492418
