• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.21 no.11
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• pp.2022-2028
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• 2017

Recently, the energy shortage of sensors and the leakage of private information are considered as serious problems as the number of sensors is increasing due to the technological advance in Internet-of-Things. RF energy harvesting, in which sensors collect energy from external RF signals, and physical layer security become increasingly important to solve these problems. In this paper, we propose a time switching-based network analog coding for improving information security in wireless networks where the relay can harvest energy from source signals. We formulate 2-hop relay networks where an eavesdropper tries to overhear source signals, and find an optimal time switching ratio for maximizing the minimum required secrecy capacity using mathematical analysis. Through simulations under various environments, it is shown that the proposed scheme improves the minimum required secrecy capacity significantly, compared to the conventional scheme.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.251-260
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• 2011

In this paper, we proposed a scheme that it safely exchanges encrypted keys without Trust Third Party (TTP) and Pre-distributing keys in multi-hop clustering sensor networks. Existing research assume that it exists a TTP or already it was pre-distributed a encrypted key between nodes. However, existing methods are not sufficient for USN environment without infrastructure. Some existing studies using a random number Diffie-Hellman algorithm to solve the problem. but the method was vulnerable to Replay and Man-in-the-middle attack from the malicious nodes. Therefore, authentication problem between nodes is solved by adding a ��TESLA. In this paper, we propose a modified Diffie-Hellman algorithm that it is safe, lightweight, and robust pair-wise agreement algorithm by adding One Time Password (OTP) with timestamp. Lastly, authentication, confidentiality, integrity, non-impersonation, backward secrecy, and forward secrecy to verify that it is safe.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.17-30
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• 2008

In the paper, we consider password-based authenticated key exchange with different passwords, where the users do not share a password between themselves, but only with the server. The users make a session key using their different passwords with the help of the server. We propose an efficient password-based authenticated key exchange protocol with different passwords which achieves forward secrecy without random oracles. In fact this amount of computation and the number of rounds are comparable to the most efficient password-based authenticated key exchange protocol in the random oracle model. The protocol requires a client only to memorize a human-memorable password, and all other information necessary to run the protocol is made public.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.93-112
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• 2002

Since the multicast group which is composed of various members is dynamic, members of the group frequently join or leave. So, for a new session, group keys are efficiently updated and distributed. In this paper, we describe very simple and new efficient logical key hierarchy(ELKH) protocol which is based on an one-way function. In the previous schemes, when the group controller distributes new created keys or updated keys to the members the information is usally encryted and then transmited over a multicast channel. But ELKH secretes the multicast message by using the one-way function and XOR operator instead of encrypting it. Hence our main construction improves the computational efficiency required from the group controller and group memebers while doesn't increase size of re-keying message when compared to $EHBT^{[12]}$. Assuming the security of an underlying one-way function, we prove that our scheme satisfies forward secrecy and backward secrecy.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.7 no.6
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• pp.1418-1432
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• 2013

This paper studies the problem of secure information exchange between two sources via multiple relays in the presence of an eavesdropper. To this end, we propose a relay beamforming scheme, i.e., relay beamforming with artificial noise (RBwA), where the relay beamforming vector and the artificial noise vector are jointly designed to maintain the received signal-to-interference-ratio (SINR) at the two sources over a predefined Quality of Service (QoS) threshold while limiting the received SINR at the eavesdropper under a predefined secure threshold. For comparison, the relay beamforming without artificial noise (RBoA) is also considered. We formulate two optimization problems for the two schemes, where our goal is to seek the optimal beamforming vector to minimize the total power consumed by relay nodes such that the secrecy of the information exchange between the two sources can be protected. Since both optimization problems are nonconvex, we solve them by semidefinite program (SDP) relaxation theory. Simulation results show that, via beamforming design, physical layer secrecy of two-way relay networks can be greatly improved and our proposed RBwA outperforms the RBoA in terms of both low power consumption and low infeasibility rate.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.29 no.2C
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• pp.348-353
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• 2004

Development of an efficient and secure payment system is prerequisite for the construction of electronic payment mechanism in mobile environment. Since current PayWord protocol system generates vendor's certificate for each transaction, it requires lot of operation for transaction. In this paper, we use a session key generated by ID-based tripartite Key agreement protocol which use an Elliptic Curve Cryptosystem over finite field $F_{q}$ for transactions. Therefore, our protocol reduces algorithm operations. In particular, proposed protocol using ID-based public key cryptosystem has the advantages over the existing systems in speed and it is more secure in Man-in-the-middle attacks and Forward secrecy.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.81-90
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• 2007

In the UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System), which is one of 3G mobile communication standards, the protocol called UMTS AKA (Authentication and Key Agreement) is used to authenticate mobile stations. However, the UMTS AKA protocol has some weakness, including network bandwidth consumption between a SN (Serving Network) and a HN (Home Network) and SQN (SeQuence Number) synchronization. In this paper, we propose a new improved protocol for UMTS that overcomes UMTS AKA weakness. Our protocol solves the privacy problem caused by IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity)'s disclosure and provides perfect forward secrecy using ECDH (Elliptic Curve Diffie Hellman).

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.17 no.9
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• pp.2399-2418
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• 2023

The paper focuses on investigating secure transmission in wireless powered communication networks (WPCN) that involve multiple energy-constrained relays and one energy-constrained source. The energy is harvested from a power beacon (PB) while operating in the presence of a passive eavesdropper. The study primarily aims to achieve energy-efficient secure communications by examining the impact of channel estimation on the secrecy performance of WPCN under both perfect and imperfect CSI scenarios. To obtain practical insights on improving security and energy efficiency, we propose closed-form expressions for secrecy outage probability (SOP) under the linear energy harvesting (LEH) model of WPCN. Furthermore, we suggest a search method to optimize the secure energy efficiency (SEE) with limited power from PB. The research emphasizes the significance of channel estimation in maintaining the desired performance levels in WPCN in real-world applications. The theoretical results are validated through simulations to ensure their accuracy and reliability.

• Korean journal of communication and information
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• v.25
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• pp.103-133
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• 2004

Korean citizens enjoy not only the freedom of communication but also the secrecy of electronic communication. Article 18 of the Constitution of the Republic of Korea prescribes that the secrecy of correspondence should not be infringed. Namely, all citizens enjoy guaranteed privacy of correspondence. But many people have been experiencing the infringement of those rights. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate whether Paragraph 2, Article 13 of the Act on Protection of the Secrecy of Correspondence infringes on the constitutional rights of privacy of electronic communication. The results of this study indicate that the law violates the Constitution. Paragraph 3, Article 12 (Personal Liberty, Personal Integrity) of the constitution stipulates that "Warrants issued by a judge through due process (upon the request of a prosecutor) have to be presented in case of arrest, detention, seizure, or search." However, prosecutors, the police, and National Intelligence Service have made numerous inquiries calling for the journalists' telephone records without warrants issued by a judge. So, this study suggests that the paragraph should be amended to be compatible with the Constitution. Meanwhile, journalists should make a more concerted effort to protect their news sources in exercising constitutionally protected freedom of the press.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.103-105
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• 2005

본 논문은 오버레이 멀티캐스트 기반에서 유무선 서비스를 위한 적등적 키관리 기법을 제안한다. IP 멀티캐스트의 라우터 기능을 어플리케이션에서 처리하고, 적응적인 그룹관리를 위해서 유니캐스트와 멀티캐스트의 두가지 통신기법으로 그룹키를 분배한다. 또한, 안전한 그룹키 관리를 위해 멤버의 그룹 가입과 탈퇴시에 키의 갱신을 수행하며, 주기적인 메시지 교환으로 멤버의 상태를 체크하여 비정상적인 그룹탈퇴의 경우에도 동적인 키의 갱신을 통하여 forward secrecy 와 backward secrecy의 보안적 요구사항을 충족시킨다. 그룹키는 갱신된 키의 분배를 우선적으로 하였으며, 대칭키를 이용한 암호화 기법과 이전의 그룹키를 사용하는 두 가지의 기법을 적응적으로 사용하는 기법에 대해서 제안한다.