Title :
Unconventional cryptographic keying variable management
Author :
Hershey, John E. ; Hassan, Amer A. ; Yarlagadda, Rao
Author_Institution :
Corp. Res. & Dev., Gen. Electr. Co., Schenectady, NY, USA
fDate :
1/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We present three unconventional approaches to keying variable management. The first approach is based on using a public key cryptosystem (PKC) that is breakable in short, but on average less, time than it takes to set up an ultrawide bandwidth modem that is then used to transport a keying variable for a classical cryptosystem. The second concept proposes using the characteristics of an urban UHF radio channel, determined by mutual sounding, as the cryptovariable. The third concept encourages research into ill-conditioned problems as potentially fruitful ground for PKCs not based on finite field arithmetic
Keywords :
deconvolution; modems; public key cryptography; radiocommunication; time-varying channels; cryptographic keying variable management; ill-conditioned problems; mutual sounding; public key cryptosystem; time varying channel; trapdoor deconvolution; ultrawide bandwidth modem; unconventional keying management; urban UHF radio channel; Arithmetic; Art; Bandwidth; Communication system security; Galois fields; Modems; Public key; Public key cryptography; Signal processing; Signal processing algorithms;
Journal_Title :
Communications, IEEE Transactions on