Kickoff @ CMU (2008.08.20)
Project 312 (2nd year)
Investigation on Advanced Remote Authentication Technologies
| Mobile Devices are the basis for ubiquitous or pervasive computing environment. High-security remote authentication is a necessary component of a secure and stable mobile digital network. This is part of the main research directions at CyLab at CMU. The internationally acclaimed team at CMU developed many theoretical and practical advances in remote authentication techniques, and this has made CMU as the leader of mainstream research in this area. | |
| This year, we focused on the distribution of authentic information in a group. Current security protocols for distributing authentic information fail to consider the human element. For example, many group protocols simply assume that people will always count the number of members and verify the list of members correctly. We take the human factor into consideration. The entire collection of programs will be called PiSA (Privacy iCAST Security Angel). The techniques SiB (Seeing-is-Believing) and Random Art were previously implemented in the first year on the Nokia N70 camera phones as part of PiSA. This year we designed GAnGS (Group Authenticate n'Group Securely), the first fully implemented mobile system for enabling secure group communication. We implemented two variants on the Nokia N70. One variant (GAnGS-P) relies on a communication hub which need not be trusted. The second invariant (GAnGS-T) uses no infrastructure at all. | |
| Our work is not limited to the N70; as part of the effort to strengthen the self-reliance for Taiwan in the information security sector, we have begun to implement the same protocols on Windows Mobile devices as a preliminary step for technology transfer to industry. Our version of SiB on a local DoPod handset is the first visually-cued authenticated key exchange protocol implemented on a Microsoft platform to the best of our knowledge. | |
Member List
| Country | Organization | Full Name | Title | |
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Taiwan |
TWISC |
Wu, Tzong-Chen |
PI |
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Taiwan |
TWISC |
Yang, Bo-Yin |
Co-PI |
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Taiwan |
TWISC |
Cha, Shi-Cho |
Investigator |
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Taiwan |
TWISC |
Juang, Wen-Sheng |
Investigator |
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Taiwan |
TWISC |
Wang, Shiuh-Jeng |
Investigator |
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Taiwan |
TWISC |
Lin, Phen-Lan |
Investigator |
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Taiwan |
TWISC |
Sun, Hung-Min |
Investigator |
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Taiwan |
TWISC |
Chen, Chia-Hsin |
Assistant |
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Taiwan |
TWISC |
Lin, Yen-Ching |
Student |
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US |
CMU |
Adrian Perrig |
CPI |
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US |
CMU |
Mark Luk |
Student |
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US |
CMU |
Jon McCune |
Student |
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US |
CMU |
Ahren Studer |
Student |
Project 300 Orgnization Chart (in Hanzi)
Required Documents (2nd year)
Self-Assessment Presentation File (Internal Review Meeting)
Midterm Report (External Review Meeting)
Final Report (External Review Meeting)