Title :
Forward-Secure proxy Signature scheme for Cellphone service providers
Author :
Sunitha, N.R. ; Amberker, B.B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Siddaganga Inst. of Technol., Tumkur
Abstract :
Everyday cellphone service providers are growing like mushrooms after rain providing reliable facilities for customers to meet their budget. In view of the growing demand, service providers require the services of various local agents all over the world. The service providers must delegate the power to these agents to execute the services and monitor their performance. If found efficient the agents can continue to operate else they may need to be revoked. We propose to provide this facility using Forward-Secure proxy Signature scheme. A proxy signature scheme allows one user to delegate his/her signing capability to another user called a proxy signer in such a way that the latter can sign messages on behalf of the former. After verification the verifier is convinced of the original signer´s agreement on the signed message. Forward-Secure signatures enable the signer to guarantee the security of messages signed in the past even if his secret key is exposed today. We have come up with a forward secure proxy signature scheme which meets the basic requirements of a proxy signature scheme along with proxy revocation.
Keywords :
cellular radio; digital signatures; mobile computing; private key cryptography; telecommunication security; cellphone service provider; digital signature; forward-secure proxy signature scheme; mobile computing; proxy revocation; secret key cryptography; Cellular phones; Computer applications; Computer science; Digital signatures; Information security; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Monitoring; Public key; Rain; Digital Signature; Forward-Security; Proxy Signature; Proxy revocation; mobile computing;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless and Optical Communications Networks, 2008. WOCN '08. 5th IFIP International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Surabaya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1979-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1980-7
DOI :
10.1109/WOCN.2008.4542522