• DocumentCode
    762498
  • Title

    Cryptanalysis of the end-to--end security for mobile communications with end-user identification/authentication

  • Author

    Zhou, Yongbin ; Zhang, Zhenfeng ; Feng, Dengguo

  • Author_Institution
    State Key Lab. of Inf. Security, Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing, China
  • Volume
    9
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    4/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    372
  • Lastpage
    374
  • Abstract
    This letter shows that the end-to-end security protocol for mobile communications with end-user identification/authentication due to Chang et al., (2004) has a serious security flaw. We demonstrate this by presenting a simple but powerful impersonation attack against the protocol so that the protocol is insecure against impersonation attack. Hence, the protocol cannot achieve the claimed security. To overcome such a security flaw, a modification is presented.
  • Keywords
    message authentication; mobile communication; protocols; public key cryptography; telecommunication security; telecommunication services; authenticated key agreement; cryptanalysis; end-to-end security protocol; end-user identification; mobile communication; security flaw; Authentication; Communication system security; Cryptography; Data privacy; Data security; GSM; Mobile communication; Power system security; Protocols; Public key;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7798
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LCOMM.2005.1413638
  • Filename
    1413638