An ID-based cryptographic technique for IFF

Author

Tu, Kwei

Author_Institution

LinCom Corp., Houston, TX, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1995

fDate

35011

Firstpage

1258

Abstract

A new IFF (identification, friend or foe) scheme is proposed for the Air Defense System. This scheme is based on the modern cryptographic technique, the difficulty of computing a discrete logarithm over a finite field GF(p) with p a prime number. The proposed scheme can be easily implemented and can provide the Air Defense System with a means to achieve aircraft authentication and access control simultaneously without exchanges of coded secret messages through encrypted communications links. The integrity of the air defense protection mechanism can also be enhanced significantly by employing a challenge-response type interrogation protocol

Keywords

aircraft communication; cryptography; military aircraft; military communication; protocols; Air Defense System; ID-based cryptographic technique; IFF; access control; air defense protection mechanism; aircraft authentication; challenge-response type interrogation protocol; cryptographic technique; discrete logarithm; finite field; identification friend or foe; Access control; Aerospace control; Airborne radar; Aircraft; Authentication; Galois fields; Identity-based encryption; Protection; Public key; Public key cryptography;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 1995. MILCOM '95, Conference Record, IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2489-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1995.483697

Filename

483697