An implementation of a zero-knowledge protocol for a secure network login procedure

Author

Jaramillo, Clara I. ; Richard, Golden G., III ; Sperry, Sean O. ; Patterson, Wayne

Author_Institution

New Orleans Univ., LA, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

9-12 Apr 1989

Firstpage

197

Abstract

The concept of a zero-knowledge protocol has led to the consideration of the feasibility of implementing a secure password protocol, one that does not involve the transmission of any information concerning the password during the logon process. The authors have constructed a demonstration of the feasibility of the use of such a model, and describe a number of instances in which the zero-knowledge protocol model could practically be used for greater operating system security. The protocol was executed on a Sun-3, model 110, using a number of different values for the size of the secret and also for the number of iterations. It is shown that values of the pair (log p,n) approximating (60,35) can run in approximately five minutes on currently available workstations

Keywords

operating systems (computers); protocols; security of data; Sun-3; implementation; model 110; operating system security; secure network login procedure; zero-knowledge protocol; Access protocols; Arithmetic; Computer networks; Information security; Keyboards; Local area networks; Operating systems; Sun; TCPIP; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Southeastcon '89. Proceedings. Energy and Information Technologies in the Southeast., IEEE

Conference_Location

Columbia, SC

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECON.1989.132358

Filename

132358