Term-based composition of security protocols
arXiv:0908.3083 · doi:10.1109/AQTR.2008.4588741
Abstract
In the context of security protocol parallel composition, where messages belonging to different protocols can intersect each other, we introduce a new paradigm: term-based composition (i.e. the composition of message components also known as terms). First, we create a protocol specification model by extending the original strand spaces. Then, we provide a term composition algorithm based on which new terms can be constructed. To ensure that security properties are maintained, we introduce the concept of term connections to express the existing connections between terms and encryption contexts. We illustrate the proposed composition process by using two existing protocols.
2008 IEEE International Conference on Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, May 2008, pp. 233-238, ISBN 978-1-4244-2576-1