Open AccessImprovement of Saeednia's self-certified key exchange protocols
Author(s) -
Wu,
Yuh-Shihng Chang,
Feng Lin
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
electronics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1350-911X
pISSN - 0013-5194
DOI - 10.1049/el:19980797
Subject(s) - key exchange , key (lock) , certification , computer science , computer security , adversary , public key cryptography , encryption , political science , law
Two self-certified key exchange protocols have been proposed by Saeednia (1997). It is shown that Saeednia's self-certified key exchange protocols are insecure in that an adversary may impersonate any legitimate user in key exchange. An improvement against the impersonation attack is described.
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