An efficient protocol for authenticated key agreement

Abstract

Authentication and key establishment are fundamental building blocks for securing electronic communication. Cryptographic algorithm for encryption and integrity cannot perform their function unless secure keys have been established and the users know which parties share such keys. It is essential that protocols for providing and key establishment are fit for their purpose. This paper proposes a new and efficient key establishment protocol in the asymmetric (public key) setting that is based on MTI (Matsumoto, Takashima and Imai)-two pass key agreement protocol which consists of three phases; The Transfer and Verification Phase, and The Key Generation Phase. This protocol is strong against most of potential attacks(Known-Key Security, Forward (Perfect) Secrecy, Key-Compromise Impersonation, Unknown Key-Share Attack, Small Subgroup Attack, and Man-in-the-Middle Attack) with low complexity (complexity is 4), also it provide authentication between the two entities before exchanging the session keys.