A Wireless Mesh Network Authentication Method Based on Identity Based Signature

Author

Liu Wenju ; Shang Yuzhen ; Wang Ze

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. Technol. & Autom., Tianjin Polytech. Univ., Tianjin, China

fYear

2009

fDate

24-26 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A node of wireless mesh network could be a supplicant and an authenticator at the same time, which is under the risk of man in the middle (MITM) attack when authenticating with EAP-TLS protocol. Bi-directional authentication implemented by challenge signature and verification based on identity based signature (IBS) is introduced to avoid MITM attack. A simplified access control system which obviates multiple authentications is designed by adoption of service tickets. Requisition of PKI deployment is removed to keep the system simple and easy to maintain.

Keywords

cryptographic protocols; digital signatures; public key cryptography; radio networks; telecommunication network topology; EAP-TLS protocol; PKI deployment; bi-directional authentication; identity-based signature; man-in-the-middle attack; wireless mesh network authentication method; Access control; Access protocols; Authentication; Bidirectional control; Certification; Identity-based encryption; Mesh networks; Network servers; Public key; Wireless mesh networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2009. WiCom '09. 5th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3692-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3693-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WICOM.2009.5302324

Filename

5302324