An Algorithm for Secure key Exchange based on the Mutual Entity Authentication

In this paper, we propose two authentication exchange schemes which combine public key-based mutual authentication with a Diffie-Hellman key derivation exchange. The security of key exchange of the proposed schemes depends on the discrete logarithm problem. The ,securtly of the etity authentication depends on that of the signature mechanism to be used in the proposed scheme. In comparisun with the Kerberos, X.509 exchanges, and ISO 3-way authentication protocol, the proposed schemes are not only simple and efficient. but also are resistant to the full range of replay and interceptiun attacks.