zkPAKE: A Simple Augmented PAKE Protocol

  • Karina Mochetti UNICAMP
  • Amanda C. Davi Resende UNICAMP
  • Diego F. Aranha UNICAMP

Resumo


Human memory is notoriously unreliable in memorizing long secrets, such as large cryptographic keys. Password-based Authenticated Key Exchange (PAKE) protocols securely establish a cryptographic key based only on the knowledge of a much shorter password. In this work, an augmented PAKE protocol is designed and proposed for secure banking applications, requiring the server to store only the image of the password under a one-way function. The protocol is more efficient than alternatives because it requires fewer public key operations and a lower communication overhead.

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Publicado
09/11/2015
MOCHETTI, Karina; RESENDE, Amanda C. Davi; ARANHA, Diego F.. zkPAKE: A Simple Augmented PAKE Protocol. In: SIMPÓSIO BRASILEIRO DE SEGURANÇA DA INFORMAÇÃO E DE SISTEMAS COMPUTACIONAIS (SBSEG), 15. , 2015, Florianópolis. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2015 . p. 334-337. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbseg.2015.20109.