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Cryptographic protocols: analysis using formal methods

Author: Véronique CORTIER

Publication date: April 10, 2006

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  • Véronique CORTIER: CNRS Research Associate at LORIA (Laboratoire lorrain de recherche en informatique et ses applications)

 INTRODUCTION

Cryptographic protocols are short message exchange programs based on encryption. They are designed to secure computer networks. They are notoriously difficult to design and analyze. The application of formal methods has now proved its worth for fault detection and proof of security.

Notations and symbols

Symbol

Definition

A, B, C, a, b, c ...

agent identities

N a , N b ...

nonces (randomly generated numbers)

pub (A)

agent A's public key

prv (A)...

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