• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• v.3 no.5
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• pp.298-305
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• 2014

In this study, a novel Randomly Shifted Certification Authority Authentication protocol was used in ad hoc networks to provide authentication by considering the MAC layer characteristics. The nodes achieve authentication through the use of public key certificates issued by a CA, which assures the certificate's ownership. As a part of providing key management, the active CA node transfers the image of the stored public keys to other idle CA nodes. Finally the current active CA randomly selects the ID of the available idle CA and shifts the CA ownership by transferring it. Revoking is done if any counterfeit or duplicate non CA node ID is found. Authentication and integrity is provided by preventing MAC control packets, and Enhanced Hash Message Authentication Code (EHMAC) can be used. Here EHMAC with various outputs is introduced in all control packets. When a node transmits a packet to a node with EHMAC, verification is conducted and the node replies with the transmitter address and EHMAC in the acknowledgement.

• The Journal of Society for e-Business Studies
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.23-40
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• 1999

Nowadays, major application of public key certification technology based on PKI(Public Key Infrastructure) is electronic commerce. Public key certification technology may include various sub-technologies such as key recovery, secret sharing, certificate/key management, and directory system technology. This thesis discusses PKI-based certification authority technology for electronic commerce on the Internet.

• Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.59-64
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• 2006

Harn al proposed a GKRS(Global Key Recovery System) that combines the functions of the key recovery authorities and the public key certification authorities(CA), Among other features, user dominance(i.e, a user is allowed to select his own public-private key pair and especially a public element for verifying the validity of the public-private key pair)is proposed by [1] for wide acceptance of GKRS. In this paper, we attack the RSA version of GKRS by showing that its user-dominance feature and the corresponding key verification scheme employed by the CA allow for fraud by users against CA. We propose more secure GKPS than original GKPS, The proposed system makes the probability of user fraud negligible small.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.42 no.11
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• pp.27-34
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• 2005

Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) are self-organized networks that do not rely in their operation on wired infrastructure. As in any networking technology, security is an essential element in MANET as well, for proliferation of this type of networks. But supporting secure communication in MANETs proved to be a significant challenge, mainly due to the fact that the set of nodes in the network can change frequently and rapidly and due to the lack of access to the wired infrastructure. In particular, the trust model and the authentication protocols, which were developed for wired and infrastructure-based networks, cannot be used in MANETs. In this paper, we address the problem of efficient authentication of distributed mobile users in geographically large networks. In particular, we propose a new authentication scheme for this case of MANETs. The proposed scheme exploits Randomized Groups to efficiently share authentication information among nodes that together implement the function of a distributive Certification Authority (CA). We then evaluate the performance of authentication using Randomized Groups.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.131-136
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• 2007

Ad hoc networks enable efficient resource aggregation in decentralized manner, and are inherently scalable and fault-tolerant since they do not depend on any centralized authority. However, lack of a centralized authority prompts many security-related challenges. Moreover, the dynamic topology change in which network nodes frequently join and leave adds a further complication in designing effective and efficient security mechanism. Security services for ad hoc networks need to be provided in a scalable and fault-tolerant manner while allowing for membership change of network nodes. In this paper, we investigate distributed certification mechanisms using a threshold cryptography in a way that the functions of a CA(Certification Authority) are distributed into the network nodes themselves and certain number of nodes jointly issue public key certificates to future joining nodes. In the process, we summarize one interesting report [5] in which the recently proposed RSA-based ad hoc signature scheme, called URSA, contains unfortunate yet serious security flaws. We then propose new scheme by fixing their security flaws.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.28 no.9C
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• pp.908-922
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• 2003

The Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) trends to delegate the certificate path processing to the Delegated Path Discovery (DPD) Server and Delegated Path Validation (DPV) server recently. The most critical factor for the selection of the delegated server is to allow the server to be equipped with a high reliability through a low cost, and simple implementation. In this paper, we propose a new certificate path processing scheme employed the trusted CA as the DPD/DPV server by adding the capability of the Validation Authority (VA) to the trusted CA. Since our proposed scheme uses the existing trusted CA as validation server, we can achieve a high trust through a simple implementation for the processing. Besides, we propose an additional scheme for reducing an overhead on the trusted CA. it is obtained by delegating digital signature verification to CAs on the path and by skipping the repeated path processing. As the result, our proposed validation scheme can be performed efficiently with high speed and low computational overhead.

• International Commerce and Information Review
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.123-143
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• 1999

전자상거래는 비대면(非對面) 거래로 모든 제반과정이 진행되기 때문에 상대에 대한 신뢰성의 문제가 크며, 거래 당사자와 거래 내역에 대한 입증을 해줄 인증기관이 필요하게 된다. 현재 미국의 베리사인 등 사설인증업체가 국내전자상거래 업체의 인증업무를 담당하고 있는 실정이다. 또한, 인중은 필연적으로 관련 기술의 표준화가 수반되는데 이에 대한 국내기술이 미흡하므로 국제동향을 고려한 국내인증기술의 개발이 시급하다. 특히, 글로벌 전자상거래에서는 인증기관에 대한 문제가 더욱 절실한데 문제는 어떠한 형태로 어떤 기관이 주축이 되어 인중체계를 구축하는가 하는 것이다. 현재, 인증체계는 네트워크 방식, 계층구조, 혼합형의 세가지가 논의되고 있으며, 각각의 장단점이 존재하므로 이에 대한 심도있는 논의가 필요하다. 이러한 체계는 국가별로 상이할 수 있지만, 문제는 글로벌 전자상거래를 활성화하기 위해서는 보다 일관된 형태의 인증체계 구축이 필요하다는 점이다. 현재까지 이와 관련한 심도있는 논의는 미흡한 실정이며, 미국 EU 등 일부국가와 UNCITRAL, OECD, ICC 등 관련 기구에서 다양한 의견을 제시하고 있는 상태이다. 이러한 문제는 단시일 내에 해결되기는 어려울 것으로 보인다. 다만, 단기적으로는 관련국가들간의 상호인증을 통한 해결이 가능할 것으로 판단되며, 이러한 상호 인증이 전세계적으로 확산되어감에 따라 글로벌 전자상거래를 위한 인증체계가 심도있게 논의될 것으로 판단된다. 이와 관련하여 상호 인증과 관련한 국내관련 법제의 보완이 필요하며, 실제로 인증을 담당할 관련 당사자들의 자구노력이 매우 시급한 시정이라 하겠다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2001.10b
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• pp.863-866
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• 2001

Mobile IP는 호스트의 이동성을 제공하여주는 대표적인 프로토콜이다. 이러한 이동 네트워킹 환경에서 전자상거래를 비롯한 여러 가지 다양한 데이터 서비스가 원활하게 제공되기 위해서는 정보보호 문제가 선결되어야 한다. 본 논문에서는 Mobile IP에서 공개키 기반 인증서와 CA(Certification Authority)를 이용한 Mobile IP 등록 프로토콜을 제안한다. 제안된 프로토콜은 이동 노드(mobile node)의 등록 메시지 인증과 재사용 공격(replay attack)을 방지한 수 있으며, 무선 환경을 고려한 공개키 암호방식을 최소로 사용하도록 제안하였다. 또한, 인증서를 이용한 인증방식으로 에이전트(agent)들과 이동노드간의 직접적인 인증이 이루어지도록 하였다. 제안된 Mobile IP 등록 프로토콜은 시뮬레이션을 통하여 기존에 제안된 공개키 기반의 Mobile IP 등록 프로토콜보다 성능이 우수하다는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.74-83
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• 2007

무선 메쉬 네트워크의 보안 이슈는 노드의 오동작, 라우팅, 그리고 인증으로 구분할 수 있다. 이러한 문제는 무선 애드혹 네트워크에서 많이 다루어져 왔지만 무선 메쉬 네트워크에서는 메쉬 라우터 (MR) 들이 고정적이고, 전력 제한이 없다는 특성을 이용하면 보다 성능 좋은 해법을 제안할 수 있다. 본 고에서는 무선 메쉬 네트워크의 보안에 대한 최근 연구들을 살펴 보고, 무선 메쉬 네트워크를 대상으로 한 최초의 분산 인증 기관인 MeCA (Mesh Certification Authority)를 제안한다. MeCA에서는 무선 메쉬 네트워크의 특성을 이용하여 분산 인증 기관의 보안성과 효율성을 향상시켰다. 이를 위해 우리는 향상된 임계치 암호화 방법과 멀티캐스팅을 도입하였다. 모의 실험을 통해 MeCA가 기존의 무선 애드혹 네트워크에서 제안된 방법들에 비해 적은 오버헤드를 일으키며 더 강한 공격에도 비밀키를 노출하지 않는 것이 확인되었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2016.10a
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• pp.463-466
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• 2016

Sharing of product and process information with partners is a basic activity and key requirement which ensures success of distribution. ePedigree that encapsulates all of the event data from manufacturer to retail shop provides a flexible mechanism of storing and sharing traceable information to the partners of supply chain and credibility of shared information through digital signature based on Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). To generate the signature that can be authenticated through PKI, the partners of supply chain should pay for PKI certificates from Certificate Authority (CA). In case of agrifood cooperatives which consist of petty merchants or farmers, it is hard to pay for the PKI certificate for all members and is a big obstacle for the ePedigree to be applied to the supply chain. This paper proposes a private certification method of ePedigree for cooperatives. Cooperatives can apply the ePedigree using the proposed method to all the members at small cost and the proposed method can assure the credibility of information at the same level of the previous ePedigree.