On forward secrecy in one-round key exchange. (English)
Chen, Liqun (ed.), Cryptography and coding. 13th IMA international conference, IMACC 2011, Oxford, UK, December 12‒15, 2011. Proceedings. Berlin: Springer (ISBN 978-3-642-25515-1/pbk). Lecture Notes in Computer Science 7089, 451-468 (2011).
Summary: Most one-round key exchange protocols provide only weak forward secrecy at best. Furthermore, one-round protocols with strong forward secrecy often break badly when faced with an adversary who can obtain ephemeral keys. We provide a characterisation of how strong forward secrecy can be achieved in one-round key exchange. Moreover, we show that protocols exist which provide strong forward secrecy and remain secure with weak forward secrecy even when the adversary is allowed to obtain ephemeral keys. We provide a compiler to achieve this for any existing secure protocol with weak forward secrecy.