Symmetry (Feb 2021)

Cryptanalysis of a Group Key Establishment Protocol

  • Jorge Martínez Carracedo,
  • Adriana Suárez Corona

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13020332
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 2
p. 332

Abstract

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In this paper, we analyze the security of a group key establishment scheme proposed by López-Ramos et al. This proposal aims at allowing a group of users to agree on a common key. We present several attacks against the security of the proposed protocol. In particular, an active attack is presented, and it is also proved that the protocol does not provide forward secrecy.

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