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An Approach for SMS Security using Authentication Functions

Published on March 2012 by Neetesh Saxena, Narendra S. Chaudhari
Communication Security
Foundation of Computer Science USA
COMNETCS - Number 1
March 2012
Authors: Neetesh Saxena, Narendra S. Chaudhari
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Neetesh Saxena, Narendra S. Chaudhari . An Approach for SMS Security using Authentication Functions. Communication Security. COMNETCS, 1 (March 2012), 6-8.

@article{
author = { Neetesh Saxena, Narendra S. Chaudhari },
title = { An Approach for SMS Security using Authentication Functions },
journal = { Communication Security },
issue_date = { March 2012 },
volume = { COMNETCS },
number = { 1 },
month = { March },
year = { 2012 },
issn = 0975-8887,
pages = { 6-8 },
numpages = 3,
url = { /specialissues/comnetcs/number1/5474-1002/ },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%1 Communication Security
%A Neetesh Saxena
%A Narendra S. Chaudhari
%T An Approach for SMS Security using Authentication Functions
%J Communication Security
%@ 0975-8887
%V COMNETCS
%N 1
%P 6-8
%D 2012
%I International Journal of Computer Applications
Abstract

Asymmetric algorithm like Diffie-Hellman can be used to encrypt the SMS message in M-commerce or mobile banking system. Password key exchange protocol based on Diffie-Hellman key exchange algorithm allows users to exchange a secret key that can be used in message encryption. The security of this protocol can be increased by using the MAC (message authentication code) or hash function with the encryption. These functions act as an error detecting code or checksum. This paper throws a light on the comparative analysis of both the authentication functions separately in password key exchange protocol. By analyzing some of the security issues viz. (i) brute force attach and (ii) cryptanalysis, it can be very well shown that the MAC function is more secure than hash

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

GSM SMS security authentication function public key cryptography