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Integrating Identity-Based Encryption in the Return Routability Protocol to Enhance Signal Security in Mobile IPv6

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In Mobile IPv6 (MIPv6), the authentication procedure between nodes has recently been an active research area. Return Routability Protocol (RRP) is a mechanism used in MIPv6 to provide the nodes with some authentication and to secure binding update messages. A large number of studies have discussed the weaknesses of this mechanism and its enhancement. In the current paper, a new approach called Return Routability Identity-Based Encryption protocol is proposed for the enhancement of security and authentication in the predecessor RRP. Hence, the proposed protocol is simulated and verified using a Murphi model checker. Finally, the simulation results show that strong security and authentication between the nodes have been achieved, and the current attacks in Return Routability have been addressed.

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    Wafaa A. H. Ali Alsalihy & Majed Salam S. Alsayfi

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Ali Alsalihy, W.A.H., Alsayfi, M.S.S. Integrating Identity-Based Encryption in the Return Routability Protocol to Enhance Signal Security in Mobile IPv6. Wireless Pers Commun 68, 655–669 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-011-0474-5

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