scholarly journals Drone Secure Communication Protocol for Future Sensitive Applications in Military Zone

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 2057
Author(s):  
Yongho Ko ◽  
Jiyoon Kim ◽  
Daniel Gerbi Duguma ◽  
Philip Virgil Astillo ◽  
Ilsun You ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Secure Communication ◽  
Communication Protocol ◽  
Denial Of Service ◽  
Mutual Authentication ◽  
Information Leakage ◽  
Security Protocol ◽  
Security Requirements ◽  
Forward Secrecy ◽  
Perfect Forward Secrecy

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) plays a paramount role in various fields, such as military, aerospace, reconnaissance, agriculture, and many more. The development and implementation of these devices have become vital in terms of usability and reachability. Unfortunately, as they become widespread and their demand grows, they are becoming more and more vulnerable to several security attacks, including, but not limited to, jamming, information leakage, and spoofing. In order to cope with such attacks and security threats, a proper design of robust security protocols is indispensable. Although several pieces of research have been carried out with this regard, there are still research gaps, particularly concerning UAV-to-UAV secure communication, support for perfect forward secrecy, and provision of non-repudiation. Especially in a military scenario, it is essential to solve these gaps. In this paper, we studied the security prerequisites of the UAV communication protocol, specifically in the military setting. More importantly, a security protocol (with two sub-protocols), that serves in securing the communication between UAVs, and between a UAV and a Ground Control Station, is proposed. This protocol, apart from the common security requirements, achieves perfect forward secrecy and non-repudiation, which are essential to a secure military communication. The proposed protocol is formally and thoroughly verified by using the BAN-logic (Burrow-Abadi-Needham logic) and Scyther tool, followed by performance evaluation and implementation of the protocol on a real UAV. From the security and performance evaluation, it is indicated that the proposed protocol is superior compared to other related protocols while meeting confidentiality, integrity, mutual authentication, non-repudiation, perfect forward secrecy, perfect backward secrecy, response to DoS (Denial of Service) attacks, man-in-the-middle protection, and D2D (Drone-to-Drone) security.

A Mutual Authentication Protocol with Resynchronisation Capability for Mobile Satellite Communications

2013 ◽  
pp. 35-51
Author(s):  
Ioana Lasc ◽  
Reiner Dojen ◽  
Tom Coffey
Keyword(s):  
Denial Of Service ◽  
Mutual Authentication ◽  
Security Analysis ◽  
Service Condition ◽  
Satellite Communications ◽  
Authentication Protocol ◽  
Security Protocol ◽  
New Type ◽  
Mobile Satellite ◽  
Mutual Authentication Protocol

Many peer-to-peer security protocols proposed for wireless communications use one-time shared secrets for authentication purposes. This paper analyses online update mechanisms for one-time shared secrets. A new type of attack against update mechanisms, called desynchronisation attack, is introduced. This type of attack may lead to a permanent denial of service condition. A case study demonstrates the effectiveness of desynchronisation attacks against a security protocol for mobile satellite communications. A new mutual authentication protocol for satellite communications, incorporating a resynchronisation capability, is proposed to counter the disruptive effects of desynchronisation attacks. The new protocol has an esynchronisation phase that is initiated whenever desynchronisation is suspected. Thus, the possibility of causing permanent denial of service conditions by mounting desynchronisation attacks is eliminated. A security analysis of the proposed protocol establishes its resistance against attacks like replay attacks, dictionary attacks, and desynchronisation attacks.

scholarly journals Security Weaknesses on a Delegation-Based Authentication Protocol for PCSs

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prosanta Gope ◽  
Tzonelih Hwang
Keyword(s):  
Secure Communication ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
User Authentication ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Authentication Protocol ◽  
Dos Attack ◽  
Forward Secrecy ◽  
Perfect Forward Secrecy ◽  
User Authentication Scheme ◽  
Portable Communication

Rapid development of wireless networks brings about many security problems in Portable Communication Systems (PCS), which can provide mobile users with an opportunity to enjoy global roaming services. In this regard, designing a secure user authentication scheme, especially for recognizing legal roaming users is indeed a challenging task. Recently, C-C Lee et al. proposed such scheme, which is claimed to be an improvement of T. F. Lee et al.’s protocol. However, in this article, we reveal that the scheme proposed by C-C Lee et al. still suffers from certain weaknesses like vulnerable to DoS attack, no perfect forward secrecy, loss of Untraceability, etc. Hence, C-C Lee et al.’s delegation-based protocol cannot guarantee secure communication for PCS environment.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.itc.44.3.9777

Towards a Secure Development Environment for Collaborative Applications

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Shyam P. Joy ◽  
Priya Chandran
Keyword(s):  
Secure Communication ◽  
Transport Layer ◽  
Security Requirements ◽  
Secure Socket Layer ◽  
Forward Secrecy ◽  
Development Environment ◽  
Group Key ◽  
Security Services ◽  
Collaborative Applications ◽  
Secure Network

Collaborative applications use the security services offered by secure socket layer / transport layer security (SSL/TLS) to implement authentication and confidentiality. Since SSL/TLS establishes a secure communication between two participants, for a secure network of n (> 2) participants, at least n(n-1)/2 secure communication channels have to be established. Whereas, a group key agreement (GKA) protocol allows the participants to compute a common secret group key as a function of the secrets of participants, and thereby remove the n(n-1)/2 lower bound on the channel requirement. Partial forward secrecy is a property of the GKA protocol which assesses the secrecy of the group key, when the secrets are compromised. Collaborative applications have different security requirements. Hence, the Spread Toolkit offers a set of GKA protocols, so that the designers can choose the most appropriate one. In this article, given a set of GKA protocols, a method is proposed to select the best among them, with respect to partial forward secrecy.

scholarly journals A Secure Charging System for Electric Vehicles Based on Blockchain

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (13) ◽  
pp. 3028 ◽  
Author(s):  
MyeongHyun Kim ◽  
KiSung Park ◽  
SungJin Yu ◽  
JoonYoung Lee ◽  
YoungHo Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electric Vehicle ◽  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Smart Grids ◽  
Denial Of Service ◽  
Mutual Authentication ◽  
Internet Security ◽  
Charging System ◽  
Electric Vehicle Charging ◽  
Perfect Forward Secrecy ◽  
Vehicle Charging

Smart grids incorporating internet-of-things are emerging solutions to provide a reliable, sustainable and efficient electricity supply, and electric vehicle drivers can access efficient charging services in the smart grid. However, traditional electric vehicle charging systems are vulnerable to distributed denial of service and privileged insider attacks when the central charging server is attacked. The blockchain-based charging systems have been proposed to resolve these problems. In 2018, Huang et al. proposed the electric vehicle charging system using lightning network and smart contract. However, their system has an inefficient charging mechanism and does not guarantee security of key. We propose a secure charging system for electric vehicles based on blockchain to resolve these security flaws. Our charging system ensures the security of key, secure mutual authentication, anonymity, and perfect forward secrecy, and also provides efficient charging. We demonstrate that our proposed system provides secure mutual authentication using Burrows–Abadi–Needham logic and prevents replay and man-in-the-middle attacks using automated validation of internet security protocols and applications simulation tool. Furthermore, we compare computation and communication costs with previous schemes. Therefore, the proposed charging system efficiently applies to practical charging systems for electric vehicles.

A new certificateless multiple key agreement scheme

2017 ◽  
Vol 09 (01) ◽  
pp. 1750002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reza Alimoradi
Keyword(s):  
Key Agreement ◽  
Security Requirements ◽  
Public Key ◽  
Forward Secrecy ◽  
Zero Knowledge ◽  
Public Key Cryptosystems ◽  
Security Properties ◽  
Perfect Forward Secrecy ◽  
Major Shortcoming ◽  
Identity Based

Recently, by changing security requirements of computer networks, many public key schemes are introduced. One major shortcoming of identity-based cryptosystems is key screw. Certificateless public key cryptosystems were introduced to solve this problem. In this paper, a certificateless, public-key, multiple-key-agreement scheme will be offered which has some significant security properties such as perfect forward secrecy, strong security, and zero-knowledge proof. This scheme produces far more shared hidden keys per session in comparison with many existing schemes. In this paper, the security and the efficiency of the proposed scheme will be compared with some well-known current schemes.

Design and Analysis of a New Mutual Authentication Protocol for RFID

2014 ◽  
Vol 1006-1007 ◽  
pp. 548-551
Author(s):  
Qi Fu ◽  
Jun Tan ◽  
Hong Li
Keyword(s):  
Random Number ◽  
Denial Of Service ◽  
Mutual Authentication ◽  
Authentication Protocol ◽  
Security Requirements ◽  
Protocol Security ◽  
Transmission Of Information ◽  
Mutual Authentication Protocol ◽  
Rfid Applications

This paper proposes a lightweight mutual authentication protocol for RFID. Based on the simple bit operations, it creates the random number N1 on the tag and the identifier RID on reader to protect the transmission of information, and proves the protocol security at the end. The results show that the proposed protocol can meet the security requirements of confidentiality, integrity, and traceability in RFID applications. Furthermore, the protocol can resist attacks of tracking, eavesdropping, retransmitting and the denial of service, which makes up the security defects mentioned on this paper.

scholarly journals SKINNY-Based RFID Lightweight Authentication Protocol

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 1366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang Xiao ◽  
He Xu ◽  
Feng Zhu ◽  
Ruchuan Wang ◽  
Peng Li
Keyword(s):  
Radio Frequency Identification ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Denial Of Service ◽  
Mutual Authentication ◽  
Security Analysis ◽  
Authentication Protocol ◽  
Security Requirements ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
Lightweight Authentication

With the rapid development of the Internet of Things and the popularization of 5G communication technology, the security of resource-constrained IoT devices such as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)-based applications have received extensive attention. In traditional RFID systems, the communication channel between the tag and the reader is vulnerable to various threats, including denial of service, spoofing, and desynchronization. Thus, the confidentiality and integrity of the transmitted data cannot be guaranteed. In order to solve these security problems, in this paper, we propose a new RFID authentication protocol based on a lightweight block cipher algorithm, SKINNY, (short for LRSAS). Security analysis shows that the LRSAS protocol guarantees mutual authentication and is resistant to various attacks, such as desynchronization attacks, replay attacks, and tracing attacks. Performance evaluations show that the proposed solution is suitable for low-cost tags while meeting security requirements. This protocol reaches a balance between security requirements and costs.

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