A simple deniable authentication protocol based on the Diffie–Hellman algorithm

Abstract

Deniable authentication protocol is a new authentication mechanism in secure computer communication, that not only enables an intended receiver to identify the source of a received message but also prevents a third party from identifying the source of the message. In this paper, based on the Diffie–Hellman algorithm, we propose a new simple deniable authentication protocol from a provably secure simple user authentication scheme. Compared with other deniable authentication protocols, our proposed protocol not only achieves the property of deniable authenticity, but also provides the mutual authentication between the sender and the intended receiver and the confidentiality.