Unknown Key-Share Attacks on the Station-to-Station (STS) Protocol

This paper presents some new unknown key-share attacks on STS-MAC, the version of the STS key agreement protocol which uses a MAC algorithm to provide key confirmation. Various methods are considered for preventing the attacks.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1999
• Where: PKC
• Authors: Simon Blake-Wilson, Alfred Menezes
• Keywords: Cryptology, Key Confirmation, PKC 1999, STS Key Agreement, Unknown Key-share Attacks