An investigation of the merkle signature scheme (MSS) for cryptographically generated address (CGA) signatures in mobile IPv6

Qadir, Sana and Siddiqi, Mohammad Umar and Al-Khateeb, Wajdi Fawzi Mohammed (2014) An investigation of the merkle signature scheme (MSS) for cryptographically generated address (CGA) signatures in mobile IPv6. International Journal of Network Security, 17 (3). pp. 311-321. ISSN 1816-3548 (O), 1816-353X (P)

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Abstract

Cryptographically Generated Address (CGA) Signatures are a promising feature of Mobile IPv6 (MIPv6) and are slowly being considered suitable for signing the Binding Update (BU) message. However, the use of the Rivest- Shamir-Adleman (RSA) by the CGA signature algorithms is considered to be a very serious limitation. This is be- cause RSA provides only limited computational security and incurs significant performance overhead. This work investigates the use of an alternative signature scheme called Merkle Signature Scheme (MSS) for use in the CGA signature algorithms. The results show that compared to RSA, MSS provides stronger computational security and significantly improves the performance of the key genera- tion and the CGA signature generation operations.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	5072/39299
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Cryptographically Generated Address Signature, Binding Update Message, Merkle Signature Scheme, Performance
Subjects:	T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering > TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Depositing User:	Prof. Mohammad Umar Siddiqi
Date Deposited:	02 Dec 2014 09:13
Last Modified:	04 Aug 2017 10:07
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/39299

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