Improving EAP-TLS performance using cryptographic methods

Author

Shojaie, Bahareh ; Saberi, Iman ; Salleh, Mazleena ; Niknafskermani, M. ; Alavi, S.M.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Syst., Univ. Teknol. Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia

Volume

2

fYear

2012

fDate

12-14 June 2012

Firstpage

760

Lastpage

764

Abstract

This study is conducted to study and compare two types of Extensible Authentication Protocol-Transport Layer Security (EAP-TLS) in order to provide an alternative technique using robust cryptographic methods. Alternative EAP-TLS uses Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) and Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA-256) to provide robust security and high performance. The alternative method and employed mechanisms are fully described, and compared to main EAP-TLS method. The results show the alternative algorithm provides strong security, high speed, and more efficiency with approximately same level of memory usage compared to main EAP-TLS.

Keywords

cryptographic protocols; public key cryptography; EAP-TLS performance; ECDSA; SHA-256; elliptic curve digital signature algorithm; extensible authentication protocol-transport layer security; memory usage; robust cryptographic method; secure hash algorithm; Algorithm design and analysis; Authentication; Cryptography; Digital signatures; Robustness; Servers; Digital signature; EAP-TLS; ECDSA; RSA; SHA;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer & Information Science (ICCIS), 2012 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpeu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1937-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCISci.2012.6297129

Filename

6297129