Open AccessEnd-to-End Encrypted Messaging Based on PGP with Forward Secrecy
Author(s) -
Yiming Shen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1873/1/012031
Subject(s) - encryption , hacker , secrecy , computer science , password , computer security , key exchange , session key , forward secrecy , key (lock) , session (web analytics) , login , computer network , public key cryptography , world wide web
In the era of big data, more and more users prefer messaging applications with end-to-end encryption to protect their privacy. However, if a hacker gets the password or encrypting key, it is possible to login into the account, or intercept the network packets and get the original messages. This paper introduces a new decentralized online messaging system that combines PGP and Diffie–Hellman key exchange and gives forward secrecy to end-to-end encrypted messaging. It is not possible for the hacker to decrypt the intercepted messages once the temporary session is ended, even if the hacker gets the PGP private keys.