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An improvement of GNY logic for the reflection attacks

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In this paper, the limitation of the GNY logic about its inability to detect the reflection attacks against some authentication protocols is given. An improvement is proposed which takes into account the possible multiple instances (principals) of the same identity in the model.

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  1. Laboratory of Computer Sciences, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100080, Beijing, P.R. China

    Ding Yiqiang

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the research grants from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

DING Yiqiang received the B.S. degree in mathematical logic in 1992, and the M.S. degree in theoretical computer science in 1995 both from the Nanjing University. Now, he is a Ph.D. candidate in the Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interests are formal methods and network security.

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Ding, Y. An improvement of GNY logic for the reflection attacks. J. Comput. Sci. & Technol. 14, 619–623 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02951884

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