A Symmetric Encryption Authentication-based Lightweight Agent Secure Communication Model

摘要：

safety communication is one of the most important areas in the implementation of multi-agent systems. The traditional secure communication models use standard cryptographic techniques like public key cryptography, or digital signatures to authenticate authorities and solve the problem of protecting the host against malicious agents. Although the above methods are secure and effective enough, they are not cost-effective and lightweight. This paper uses the symmetric-key encryption, hash function and challenge-response mechanism to implement the secure communication. Before the agents communicate or interact, they must authenticate, hence, the agents hold their secret keys, always the passwords, which are only known to the users and the server. We use the NDIS-hooking technique to implement the authenticates module. As long as the passwords can be protected, such model is secure, but more costeffective, flexible and scalable.

关键词： agent communication authentication symmetric encryption

作者: QIN Li-Fang ZHOU Jian-Lan

作者单位: Department of Control Science and Engineering Huazhong University of Science & Technology Wuhan,Hubei,430074,China

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2011 3rd International Conference on Computer and Network Technology(ICCNT 2011)(2011第三届IEEE计算机与网络技术国际会议)

会议地点: 太原

会议语种:英文

页码: 200-204

在线出版日期: 2011-02-26（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）