Secure Internet access to gateway using secure socket layer

Author

Bhatt, Deep Vardhan ; Schulze, Stefan ; Hancke, Gerhard P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Pretoria

Volume

55

Issue

3

fYear

2006

fDate

6/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

793

Lastpage

800

Abstract

The Internet is the most widely used medium to access remote sites. Data sent and received using transmission control protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is in plain text format and can be accessed and tampered with quite easily and, hence, provides no data security. This is the case especially if the data are confidential and access to the gateway server has to be strictly controlled, although there are several protocols and mechanisms that have been thoroughly scrutinized to tackle these problems. This paper also intends to provide a model that uses secure socket layer (SSL) to provide a secure channel between client and gateway server. A smart card will be used for client authentication and encryption/decryption of the data

Keywords

Internet; authorisation; client-server systems; cryptography; network servers; smart cards; telecommunication security; transport protocols; Internet protocol; SSL; TCP-IP protocol; client authentication; data decryption; data encryption; data security; gateway server; secure Internet access; secure channel; secure socket layer; smart card; transmission control protocol; Access protocols; Authentication; Computer security; Cryptography; Data security; IP networks; Internet; Smart cards; Sockets; TCPIP; Cryptography; Internet; network; secure socket layer (SSL); security; smart card; transmission control protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIM.2005.862009

Filename

1634869