Toward SSL integration in SIM SmartCards

Author

Badra, Mohamad ; Urien, Pascal

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Networks, Ecole Nat. Superieure des Telecommun., Paris, France

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

21-25 March 2004

Firstpage

889

Abstract

The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) specifications introduce the 03.48 standard to allow the OTA (on-the-air) platform to securely communicate with SIM (subscriber identity module) cards. This standard operates above unreliable links such as SMS instead of reliable transport protocols such as TCP. In this paper, we propose to introduce the SSL (secure sockets layer) protocol in order to assure an end-to-end security and reliability between the SIM card and the OTA server transparently to the terminal. This would have an impact on new services independent of middlemen. A computation of the cryptographic loads demonstrates the enhancement our proposed protocol provides.

Keywords

cellular radio; cryptography; radio links; smart cards; telecommunication channels; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication security; transport protocols; Global System for Mobile Communications; SIM SmartCards; SMS; SSL integration; cryptographic loads; end-to-end security; on-the-air platform; reliable transport protocols; secure sockets layer protocol; short message service; subscriber identity module cards; Authentication; Communication standards; Communication system security; Cryptographic protocols; GSM; Ground penetrating radar; Mobile handsets; Telecommunication network reliability; Telecommunication standards; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2004. WCNC. 2004 IEEE

ISSN

1525-3511

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8344-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCNC.2004.1311304

Filename

1311304