Name
Abstract | ||
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Recently, Ahmadian et al. (Security enhancements against UMTS-GSM interworking attacks, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2010) presented and analyzed three different attacks that can be performed in UMTS-GSM interworking networks: (a) a real-time eavesdropping attack, (b) an offline eavesdropping attack, and (c) an impersonation attack. In this letter we question the feasibility of these attacks. In particular, we pinpoint and analyze that these attacks are based on some erroneous and misleading assumptions that the authors have made regarding the security functionality of the UMTS-GSM interworking networks. Based on this analysis, we deduce that these three attacks cannot be performed. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2012 | 10.1007/s11277-011-0233-7 | Wireless Personal Communications |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
security enhancement,umts-gsm interworking attacks,security functionality,umts-gsm interworking attack,offline eavesdropping attack,impersonation attack,different attack,real-time eavesdropping attack,misleading assumption,umts-gsm interworking network,umts-gsm interworking attacks · security architecture of umts-gsm interworking networks | GSM,Eavesdropping,UMTS frequency bands,Computer security,Computer science,Computer network,Impersonation attack | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
65 | 1 | 1572-834X |
Citations | PageRank | References |
1 | 0.38 | 2 |
Authors | ||
2 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christoforos Ntantogian | 1 | 86 | 13.03 |
| Christos Xenakis | 2 | 221 | 28.00 |