Performance evaluation of a new hybrid encryption protocol for authentication and key distribution

Author

El-Hadidi, M.T. ; Hegazi, N.H. ; Aslan, H.K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Commun., Cairo Univ., Giza, Egypt

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

16

Lastpage

22

Abstract

Performance evaluation of a new hybrid encryption protocol for authentication and key distribution is considered. The new protocol uses a hybrid of public and symmetric key cryptography to distribute Diffie-Hellman components. Queueing analysis is undertaken to numerically compare the new protocol and two other protocols used for authentication and key distribution: the Kerberos protocol and the authenticated Diffie-Hellman protocol. The results show that the new protocol has a fast response that far exceeds the authenticated Diffie-Hellman, and which can approach the response of the Kerberos protocol. At the same time, the new protocol is more secure than the Kerberos protocol

Keywords

authorisation; message authentication; protocols; public key cryptography; queueing theory; Diffie-Hellman components; Kerberos protocol; authenticated Diffie-Hellman protocol; authentication; hybrid encryption protocol; key distribution; performance evaluation; public key cryptography; queueing analysis; response; security; symmetric key cryptography; Access protocols; Authentication; Computer networks; Cryptographic protocols; Cryptography; Electronic mail; Informatics; Protection; Queueing analysis; Samarium;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers and Communications, 1999. Proceedings. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Red Sea

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0250-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCC.1999.780753

Filename

780753