Protocol Variants and Electronic Identification

Kristian Gjøsteen

Paper 2013/329

Protocol Variants and Electronic Identification

Kristian Gjøsteen

Abstract

It is important to be able to evaluate information security systems involving humans. We propose an approach in which we consider the system as a cryptographic protocol, and users are modeled as ordinary players. To model the fact that users make mistakes that affect security, we introduce protocol variants that model mistakes or combinations of mistakes. By analysing the base protocol and its variants, and at the same time considering how likely each variant is, we get a reasonable estimate of the real security of the system. Our work takes the form of a case study of four Norwegian federated identity systems, as well as two proposals for improved systems. The four systems span a good mix of various types of federated identity systems.

Metadata

Available format(s): PDF
Category: Cryptographic protocols
Publication info: Published elsewhere. Unknown where it was published
Contact author(s): kristian gjosteen @ math ntnu no
History: 2013-06-02: received
Short URL: https://ia.cr/2013/329
License: CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2013/329,
      author = {Kristian Gjøsteen},
      title = {Protocol Variants and Electronic Identification},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2013/329},
      year = {2013},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2013/329}
}