Journal of Network and Information Security

Alexandru Porosanu ¹, Nitesh Lal Narayan ²

Affiliations
1 NXP Semiconductors Romania, RO
2 Freescale Semiconductors India Pvt Ltd, IN

Abstract

Zero-knowledge proof is a protocol which does not reveal the any user information or secret during the authentication process. In this paper an efficient yet secure approach is proposed which could be used to for authenticating any user by using Digital Signature Algorithm and NXP security engine without exposing any of the user's secret information on the network.

Keywords

Zero Knolwedge Proof, Security Engine, Crypto Hardware Accelerator, Authentication.

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