Authentication and Key Distribution Protocol Using Smart Card

Abstract

The development of mobile telecommunication is emerging as a means of payment by replacing cash and credit cards. Information exchange is regarded as the most important communication system in conforming valid users. The most efficient means of securing information applies cryptography, which relies on small size information and demands its strict management. It is crucial to distribute key to cryptographic communication receiver without exposing key to the third party. The suggested protocol takes authentication and key distribution, which allows session key distribution after user authentication through an authentication center. However, the paper suggests an authentication and key distribution protocol which can be available to smartcard-suing personal communication system. This protocol takes ID-based key distribution method by means of Zero-Knowledge authentication proof which does not reveal secret information to the authentication center.