An adaptable and reliable authentication protocol for communication networks

Author

Kwon, Taekyoung ; Kang, Ivlyeongho ; Song, JooSeok

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

7-12 Apr 1997

Firstpage

737

Abstract

We propose a new authentication and key distribution protocol which is adaptable and reliable for communication networks. The secrets for authentication, which are chosen from a relatively small space by common users, are easy to guess. Our protocol gives a solution to protect the weak secrets from guessing attacks. Compared with other related work, our protocol is more reliable because it is resistant to various kinds of attacks including guessing attacks, and more adaptable because it reduces several overheads which make the existing protocols more expensive. We show how to apply our protocol to the Q.931 calling sequences and to the World Wide Web model

Keywords

ISDN; Internet; cryptography; hypermedia; message authentication; protocols; HTTP models; ISDN; Q.931 calling sequences; World Wide Web model; adaptable authentication protocol; communication networks; cryptographic protocols; guessing attacks; key distribution protocol; overheads reduction; reliable authentication protocol; weak secrets protection; Authentication; Communication networks; Computer network reliability; Computer science; Cryptographic protocols; Cryptography; ISDN; Protection; Telecommunication network reliability; Web sites;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

INFOCOM '97. Sixteenth Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies. Driving the Information Revolution., Proceedings IEEE

Conference_Location

Kobe

ISSN

0743-166X

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7780-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INFCOM.1997.644527

Filename

644527