Skip to main content
Search type Search syntax
Tags [tag]
Exact "words here"
Author user:1234
user:me (yours)
Score score:3 (3+)
score:0 (none)
Answers answers:3 (3+)
answers:0 (none)
isaccepted:yes
hasaccepted:no
inquestion:1234
Views views:250
Code code:"if (foo != bar)"
Sections title:apples
body:"apples oranges"
URL url:"*.example.com"
Saves in:saves
Status closed:yes
duplicate:no
migrated:no
wiki:no
Types is:question
is:answer
Exclude -[tag]
-apples
For more details on advanced search visit our help page
Results tagged with
Search options questions only not deleted user 39

Questions about the construction and analysis of protocols and algorithms for secure computation and communication (including authentication, integrity, and privacy aspects).

4 votes
1 answer
129 views

Break an authentication protocol based on a pre-shared symmetric key, with message numbers

Consider the following protocol, meant to authenticate $A$ (Alice) to $B$ (Bob) and vice versa. $$ \begin{align*} A \to B: &\quad \text{“I'm Alice”}, R_A \\ B \to A: &\quad E(\langle 1, R_A\rangle, …
Gilles 'SO- stop being evil''s user avatar
13 votes
1 answer
408 views

Break an authentication protocol based on a pre-shared symmetric key

Consider the following protocol, meant to authenticate $A$ (Alice) to $B$ (Bob) and vice versa. $$ \begin{align*} A \to B: &\quad \text{“I'm Alice”}, R_A \\ B \to A: &\quad E(R_A, K) \\ A \to B …
Gilles 'SO- stop being evil''s user avatar