IP Library Granted Patent US 8,577,039
Granted Patent B2
US 8,577,039 · App. 13/455,992 · Granted Nov 5, 2013

Cryptographic communication apparatus and cryptographic communication system

Inventor: Masakatsu Matsuo (Fukuoka, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,577,039
App. No.
13/455,992
Granted
Nov 5, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a cryptographic communication apparatus for conducting a key exchange procedure with another cryptographic communication apparatus that shares a password. The apparatus includes a first encryption unit that encrypts information that is based on a first random number using a public key of the another apparatus, a second encryption unit that encrypts the information that is based on the first random number encrypted by the first encryption unit using the password, a third encryption unit that encrypts information that is based on a second random number using the first random number, and transmits a first signal and a second signal to the another apparatus, the first signal including the information that is based on the first random number encrypted by the second encryption unit, and the second signal including information that is based on the second random number encrypted by the third encryption unit.

Claims (27)

1. A cryptographic communication apparatus for conducting a key exchange procedure with another cryptographic communication apparatus that shares a password with the cryptographic communication apparatus, the cryptographic communication apparatus comprising:

a random number generator that generates a first random number and a second random number;

a first encryption unit that encrypts information that is based on the first random number by the aid of a public key of the another cryptographic communication apparatus;

a second encryption unit that encrypts the information that is based on the first random number encrypted by the first encryption unit, by the aid of the password;

a third encryption unit that encrypts information that is based on the second random number by the aid of the first random number; and

a transmitter that transmits a first signal and a second signal to the another cryptographic communication apparatus, the first signal including the information that is based on the first random number encrypted by the second encryption unit, and the second signal including the information that is based on the second random number encrypted by the third encryption unit.

2. The cryptographic communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the transmitter sequentially transmits the first signal and the second signal to the another cryptographic communication apparatus.

3. The cryptographic communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the third encryption unit encrypts data known by the another cryptographic communication apparatus by the aid of the first random number and the second random number.

4. The cryptographic communication apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising a receiver that receives a signal from the another cryptographic communication apparatus, wherein

the transmitter transmits the second random number to the another cryptographic communication apparatus when the receiver receives a signal proving that the another cryptographic communication apparatus has the password from the another cryptographic communication apparatus.

5. The cryptographic communication apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

the known data includes a communication history in the key exchange procedure between the cryptographic communication apparatus and the another cryptographic communication apparatus.

6. The cryptographic communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

the transmitter transmits the first signal as a key exchange signal on the basis of SSL handshake, and transmits the second signal as a verification signal on the basis of SSL handshake.

7. A cryptographic communication system for conducting a key exchange procedure between a first cryptographic communication apparatus and a second cryptographic communication apparatus that share a password with each other, wherein

the first cryptographic communication apparatus includes:

a random number generator that generates a first random number and a second random number;

a first encryption unit that encrypts information that is based on the first random number by the aid of a public key of the second cryptographic communication apparatus;

a second encryption unit that encrypts the information that is based on the first random number encrypted by the first encryption unit, by the aid of the password;

a third encryption unit that encrypts information that is based on the second random number by the aid of the first random number; and

a transmitter that transmits a first signal and a second signal to the second cryptographic communication apparatus, the first signal including the information that is based on the first random number encrypted by the second encryption unit, and the second signal including the information that is based on the second random number encrypted by the third encryption unit, and

the second cryptographic communication apparatus includes:

a receiver that receives the first signal and the second signal;

a first decryption unit that decrypts the information that is based on the first random number encrypted by the second encryption unit by a secret key paired with the public key and the password to acquire the first random number; and

a second decryption unit that calculates the second random number according to the information that is based on the second random number encrypted by the third encryption unit by the aid of the first random number acquired by the first decryption unit.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 28, 2026
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 075481/0600 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2012
From: MATSUO, MASAKATSU
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028465/0377 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-101076 · Apr 28, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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