Fast checking of individual certificate revocation on small systems

Author

Russell, Selwyn

Author_Institution

Inf. Security Res. Centre, Queensland Univ. of Technol., Brisbane, Qld., Australia

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

249

Lastpage

255

Abstract

High-security network transactions require the checking of the revocation status of public key certificates. On mobile systems this may lead to excessive delays and unacceptable performance. This paper examines small system requirements and options, with a view to improving performance. It is shown that the use of keyed hash functions (message authentication codes) with a pre-registration option reduces network latency and allows stateless servers

Keywords

certification; delays; message authentication; mobile communication; performance evaluation; public key cryptography; telecommunication security; transaction processing; delays; high-security network transactions; individual certificate revocation; keyed hash functions; message authentication codes; mobile systems; network latency; performance; pre-registration option; public key certificates; revocation status checking; small systems; stateless servers; Australia; Communication system security; Data communication; Delay; Digital signatures; Information security; Information technology; Network servers; Proposals; Public key;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Security Applications Conference, 1999. (ACSAC '99) Proceedings. 15th Annual

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

ISSN

1063-9527

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0346-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSAC.1999.816034

Filename

816034