ID-Based Group Password-Authenticated Key Exchange

Abstract—Password-authenticated key exchange (PAKE) protocols are designed to be secure even when the secret key used for authentication is a human-memorable password. In this paper, we consider PAKE protocols in the group scenario, in which a group of clients, each of them shares a password with an “honest but curious” server, intend to establish a common secret key (i.e., a group key) with the help of the server. In this setting, the key established is known to the clients only and no one else, including the server. Each client needs to remember passwords only while the server keeps passwords in addition to private keys related to his identity. Towards our goal, we present a compiler that transforms any group key exchange (KE) protocol secure against a passive eavesdropping to a group PAKE which is secure against an active adversary who controls all communication in the network. This compiler is built on any group KE protocol (e.g., the Burmester-Desmedt protocol), any identity...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: IWSEC
• Authors: Xun Yi, Raylin Tso, Eiji Okamoto
• Keywords: Group Ke Protocol, IWSEC 2009, Key Exchange, Secret Key, Security Privacy