Verifier-Based Home Network Security Mechanism

• Published in: Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2006 pp. 934 - 944
• Main Authors: Jeon, Hoseong, Chung, Min Young, Kim, Jaehyoun, Choo, Hyunseung
• Format: Book Chapter Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2006; Springer
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Subjects: Algorithmics. Computability. Computer arithmetics; Applied sciences; Authentication Server; Computer science; control theory; systems; Exact sciences and technology; Home Network; Home Server; Memory and file management (including protection and security); Memory organisation. Data processing; Secure Communication; Security Mechanism; Software; Theoretical computing; Access control; Performance evaluation; Pervasive computing; Authentication; Unfolding; Mobility; Wireless network; Processing time; Computer security; Password
• ISBN: 3540340726; 9783540340720; 354034070X; 9783540340706
• ISSN: 0302-9743; 1611-3349
• DOI: 10.1007/11751588_97

The home network is expected to experience significant growth over next few years, as wireless and ubiquitous networking becomes more common and accessible. However, the broadcast nature of this technology creates new security issues. To ensure the effective deployment in home environments, network security must reach a certain level which is reasonably acceptable to the research community. The security mechanism for home networks must not require heavy computations, since usually consist of low CPUs capable, limited memory and storage, and mobility concerns. This paper presents a secure authentication and session key establishment mechanism suitable for home networks. The proposed scheme is based on the Secure Remote Password (SRP) protocol. The performance evaluation demonstrates that our proposed mechanism is more secure than previous ones while maintaining the similar level of security overhead including processing time.