Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
1-2010
Abstract
A secure roaming protocol allows a roaming user U to visit a foreign server V and establish a session key in an authenticated way such that U authenticates V and at the same time convinces V that it is a legitimate subscriber of some server H, called the home server of U. The conventional approach requires the involvement of all the three parties. In this paper, we propose a new approach which requires only two parties, U and V, to get involved. We propose two protocols: one provides better efficiency and supports user anonymity to an extent comparable to that provided by current mobile systems; and the other one achieves strong user anonymity that protects U's identity against both eavesdroppers and foreign servers and is currently the strongest notion of user anonymity defined for secure roaming. Both protocols are universal in the sense that the same protocol and signaling flows are used regardless of the domain (home or foreign) that U is visiting. This helps reducing the system complexity in practice. We also propose a practical user revocation mechanism, which is one of the most challenging problems for two-party roaming supporting strong user anonymity. Our solutions can be applied in various kinds of roaming networks such as cellular networks and interconnected wireless local area networks.
Discipline
Information Security
Research Areas
Information Systems and Management
Publication
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Volume
9
Issue
1
First Page
168
Last Page
174
ISSN
1536-1276
Identifier
10.1109/TWC.2010.01.081219
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Citation
YANG, Guomin; HUANG, Qiong; WONG, Duncan S.; and DENG, Xiaotie.
Universal authentication protocols for anonymous wireless communications. (2010). IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 9, (1), 168-174.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/7434
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
http://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2010.01.081219