<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Cryptographic protocols are the backbone of information security. Unfortunately the security of several important components of these protocols can be neglected. This causes violation of personal privacy and threats to democracy. Integration of biometrics with cryptography can overcome this problem. In this paper an enhanced session key agreement protocol which uses the data derived from iris signature is suggested to improve the security of biometric based applications like e-Passport, e-Driving license, etc. The authenticity and security properties of the proposed protocol are analyzed using ProVerif tool and demonstrate it satisfies the intended properties.</p></abstract>

Cryptographic protocols are the backbone of information security. Unfortunately the security of several important components of these protocols can be neglected. This causes violation of personal privacy and threats to democracy. Integration of biometrics with cryptography can overcome this problem. In this paper an enhanced session key agreement protocol which uses the data derived from iris signature is suggested to improve the security of biometric based applications like e-Passport, e-Driving license, etc. The authenticity and security properties of the proposed protocol are analyzed using ProVerif tool and demonstrate it satisfies the intended properties.

A New Enhanced Authentication Mechanism Using Session Key Agreement Protocol

Cybernetics and Information Technologies

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Cryptographic protocols are the backbone of information security. Unfortunately the security of several important components of these protocols can be...

A New Enhanced Authentication Mechanism Using Session Key Agreement Protocol

Published Online: Dec 14, 2018

Page range: 61 - 74

Received: May 09, 2018

Accepted: Sep 17, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2018-0048

Keywords
Elliptic curve cryptography, e-Passport, examination system, secrecy, authentication, ProVerif

© 2018 S. Usha et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

A New Enhanced Authentication Mechanism Using Session Key Agreement Protocol

Published Online: Dec 14, 2018

Page range: 61 - 74

Received: May 09, 2018

Accepted: Sep 17, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2018-0048

KeywordsElliptic curve cryptography, e-Passport, examination system, secrecy, authentication, ProVerif

© 2018 S. Usha et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Elliptic curve cryptography, e-Passport, examination system, secrecy, authentication, ProVerif