A source authentication scheme using network coding

  • Authors:
  • Ahmed Fathy;Tamer ElBatt;Moustafa Youssef

  • Affiliations:
  • Wireless Intelligent Networks Center (WINC), Nile University, Cairo, 12677, Egypt.;Wireless Intelligent Networks Center (WINC), Nile University, Cairo, 12677, Egypt.;Alexandria University and E-JUST, Alexandria, 21934, Egypt

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Security and Networks
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

In this paper, we explore the security merits of network coding and potential trade-offs with the widely accepted throughput benefits, especially in multicast scenarios. In particular, we propose a novel Source Authentication using Network Coding (SANC) scheme. Towards this objective, we propose a general framework for embedding the authentication information within the network coding Global Encoding Vector. First, we illustrate the proposed concept using a simple mapping function. Second, we present a detailed security analysis that reveals the security merits of the proposed scheme, contrasted against two baseline schemes. Finally, we present simulation results pertaining to the network coding performance.