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MASHaBLE: Mobile applications of secret handshakes over Bluetooth le

  • Yan Michalevsky
  • , Suman Nath
  • , Jie Liu

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Abstract

We present new applications for cryptographic secret handshakes between mobile devices on top of Bluetooth Low- Energy (LE). Secret handshakes enable mutual authentication, with the property that the parties learn nothing about each other unless they have been both issued credentials by a group administrator. This property provides strong privacy guarantees that enable interesting applications. One of them is proximity-based discovery for private communities. We introduce MASHaBLE, a mobile application that enables participants to discover and interact with nearby users if and only if they belong to the same secret community. We use direct peer-to-peer communication over Bluetooth LE, rather than relying on a central server. We discuss the Specifics of implementing secret handshakes over Bluetooth LE and present our prototype implementation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, MOBICOM
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages387-400
Number of pages14
Edition1
ISBN (Print)9781450342261
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Oct 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event22nd Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, MobiCom 2016 - New York, United States
Duration: 3 Oct 20167 Oct 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, MOBICOM
Number1
Volume0

Conference

Conference22nd Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, MobiCom 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew York
Period3/10/167/10/16

Keywords

  • Bluetooth LE
  • IoT
  • Mobile security
  • Mutual authentication
  • Secret handshakes

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