Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
6-2006
Abstract
The conference key distribution scheme (CKDS) enables three or more parties to derive a common conference key to protect the conversation content in their conference. Designing a conference key distribution scheme for mobile communications is a difficult task because wireless networks are more susceptible to attacks and mobile devices usually obtain low power and limited computing capability. In this paper we study a conference scheme for mobile communications and find that the scheme is insecure against the replay attack. With our replay attack, an attacker with a compromised conference key can cause the conferees to reuse the compromised conference key, which in turn completely reveals subsequent conversation content
Keywords
conference key distribution scheme, conference scheme, mobile communications, replay attack, security analysis
Discipline
Information Security
Research Areas
Cybersecurity
Publication
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Volume
5
Issue
6
First Page
1238
Last Page
1240
ISSN
1536-1276
Identifier
10.1109/TWC.2006.1638641
Publisher
IEEE
Citation
WAN, Zhiguo; BAO, Feng; DENG, Robert H.; and ANANDA, A. L..
Security analysis on a conference scheme for mobile communications. (2006). IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 5, (6), 1238-1240.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/1198
Copyright Owner and License
Authors
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2006.1638641