A Password-Based Grid Security Infrastructure

Author

Cai, Zhun

Author_Institution

AISINO Inc, Beijing

fYear

2008

fDate

10-15 Feb. 2008

Firstpage

157

Lastpage

164

Abstract

The globus security infrastructure (GSI) is one of the most famous security architecture. GSI is based on public key infrastructure (PKI), which performs mutual authentication via X.509 certificates. We present a password-based grid security infrastructure (PBGSI), which authenticates clients by authenticated key exchange (AuthA) methods and uses improved chaffing and winnowing protocol for secure data transfer. By using password-based methods in authentication, authorization and delegation, PBGSI provides convenient interface for the user. At the same time, encryption-less secure data transfer improves the performance; and mechanisms used in our scheme (time-stamp etc.) enhance the security of the whole grid.

Keywords

cryptographic protocols; grid computing; public key cryptography; X.509 certificates; authenticated key exchange methods; chaffing protocol; globus security infrastructure; mutual authentication; password-based grid security infrastructure; public key infrastructure; winnowing protocol; Authentication; Authorization; Computer architecture; Cryptography; Data security; Distributed computing; Grid computing; Information security; Protocols; Public key; AKE; Authentication; Delegation; EKE; Grid Security;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Society, 2008 Second International Conference on the

Conference_Location

Sainte Luce

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3087-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICDS.2008.39

Filename

4456037