Communication-efficient AUTHMAC_DH protocols
In 2004, Aslan presented a novel protocol for authentication and key distribution, named AUTHMAC_DH. The proposed AUTHMAC_DH protocol aims to achieve a comparable performance with the Kerberos protocol and to improve its weaknesses. Based on the AUTHMAC_DH protocol developed by Aslan, a communication-efficient AUTHMAC_DH protocol is proposed in this investigation. The computation cost of the proposed protocol is equal to that of the AUTHMAC_DH protocol of Aslan. The proposed communication-efficient AUTHMAC_DH protocol also achieves the goals of authentication and key distribution. However, the numbers of messages and rounds in communication are fewer than those of the protocol of Aslan.
authentication key distribution logical analysis network communication diffie-hellman