Method and arrangement for efficient information network key exchange

• US 20040151322A1
• Filed: 12/05/2003
• Published: 08/05/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Sovio, Sampo, Niemi, Valtteri
• Application Number:
  US10/479,693
• Publication Number:
  US 20040151322A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 380/278
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/80 Wireless network architectures or network communication protocols for wireless network security H04W12/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/061 for key exchange, e.g. in peer-to-peer networks cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key agreement H04L9/0838
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0823 using certificates cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0844 with user authentication or key authentication, e.g. ElGamal, MTI, MQV-Menezes-Qu-Vanstone protocol or Diffie-Hellman protocols using implicitly-certified keys

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and arrangement for efficient distribution of Internet key exchange using Internet Key Exchange protocol (IKEv1 and IKEv2) securely in mobile terminal. The objects of the invention are fulfilled by distributing IKEv1 and/or IKEv2 protocol in secure way between mobile equipment and tamper resistant device (TRD), so, that most of the complex public key operations are done in mobile equipment and authentication is done by TRD. In addition there may be a counter for measuring the number of request from outside, which allows only a certain numbers of request and in that way provide security against, e.g. timing and DPA (Differential Power Analysis) attacks.

Claims

1. A method for using an information network Key Exchange (IKE) protocol securely in Mobile Equipment (ME) provided with a tamper resistant device (TRD), for an operationally efficient and secure implementation of said protocol, characterized in that the Key Exchange payload is distributed between the Mobile Equipment and the tamper resistant device.

2. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that said information network Key Exchange (IKE) protocol is at least one of the following:

IKEv1 and IKEv2 (son-of-IKE).

3. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that at least part of the calculation required by the Key Exchange protocol are done on the tamper resistant device.

4. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the most of the complex public key operations are done in the Mobile Equipment.

5. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the Mobile Equipment do the phase 1 negotiation of the Key Exchange protocol by co-operating with the tamper resistant device.

6. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that at least phase 1 authentication is done on the tamper resistant device.

7. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the Mobile Equipment creates Internet security protocol security associations (IPSec SA) by co-operating with the tamper resistant device.

8. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that after phase 1 negotiation the Mobile Equipment creates Internet security protocol security associations (IPSec SA) without the tamper resistant device.

9. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the tamper resistant device carries out decrypt and encrypt operations.

10. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the Mobile Equipment requests secret information from the tamper resistant device and the information is encrypted by the tamper resistant device before delivering it to the Mobile Equipment.

11. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the tamper resistant device signs and verifies messages.

12. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the Mobile Equipment sends at least one HASH value and required information for calculating said HASH value to the tamper resistant device.

13. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the tamper resistant device calculates at least one HASH value and compares it to the at least one given HASH value.

14. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the tamper resistant device calculates at least on of the following information:

HASH, SKEYID, SKEYID_e, SKEYID_a, SKEYID_d, the pseudorandom numbers needed in calculating the Diffie-Hellman 5 information and modular powers of big integers.

15. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the number of request sent to the tamper resistant device is measured.

16. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the predetermined bound is set and said number of the request sent to the tamper resistant device is not allowed to exceed the said bound.

17. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that after successful verification said number of the request sent to the tamper resistant device is set to zero.

18. An arrangement for using an Information network Key Exchange (IKE) protocol securely in Mobile Equipment (ME) provided with a tamper resistant device (TRD), for an operationally efficient and secure implementation of said protocol, characterized in that the arrangement comprises means for distributing the Key Exchange payload between the Mobile Equipment and the tamper resistant device.

19. An arrangement according to claim 18, characterized in that said information network Key Exchange (IKE) protocol is at least one of the following:

IKEv1 and IKEv2 (son-of-IKE).

20. An arrangement according to claim 18, characterized in that the arrangement comprises means for delivering information between the Mobile Equipment and the tamper resistant device.

21. An arrangement according to claim 18, characterized in that the Mobile Equipment is available the access to Internet

22. An arrangement according to claim 18, characterized in that the Mobile Equipment operates in an UMTS environment.

23. An arrangement according to claim 18, characterized in that the tamper resistant device comprises at least one of the following:

USIM, WIM, SWIM (SWIM comprises SIM and WIM or USIM and WIM) and other tamper resistant device.

24. An arrangement according to claim 18, characterized in that the tamper resistant device is co-located with USIM in the same smart card.

25. An arrangement according to claim 18, characterized in that the tamper resistant device is implemented using internal security systems of the Mobile Equipment (ME).

26. An arrangement according to claim 18, characterized in that the tamper resistant device is arranged to perform the parts of the calculation required by the Key Exchange.

27. An arrangement according to claim 18, characterized in that the Mobile Equipment is arranged to perform the most complex public key operations.

28. An arrangement according to claim 18, characterized in that the tamper resistant device is arranged to perform at least phase 1 authentication.

29. An arrangement according to claim 18, characterized in that the Mobile Equipment is arranged to create Internet security protocol security associations (IPSec SA) after phase 1 negotiation without the tamper resistant device.

30. An arrangement according to claim 18, characterized in that the tamper resistant device is arranged to carry out decrypt and encrypt operations.

31. An arrangement according to claim 18, characterized in that the tamper resistant device is arranged to sign and verify messages.

32. An arrangement according to claim 18, characterized in that the tamper resistant device is arranged to calculate at least one of the following information:

HASH, SKEYID, SKEYID_e, SKEYID_a, SKEYID_d, the pseudorandom numbers needed in calculating the Diffie-Hellman information and modular powers of big integers.

33. An arrangement according to claim 18, characterized in that the arrangement comprises means for measuring the number of request sent to the tamper resistant device.

34. An arrangement according to claim 18, characterized in that the arrangement comprises means for comparing said number of request sent to the tamper resistant device to the set bound.

35. An arrangement according to claim 18, characterized in that the arrangement comprises means for setting said number of the request to zero.