cryptographic protocol
C994
concept
A cryptographic protocol is a precisely defined sequence of operations and message exchanges that uses cryptographic primitives to achieve security goals such as confidentiality, integrity, authentication, and non-repudiation between parties.
All labels observed (42)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| cryptographic protocol canonical | 22 |
| authentication protocol | 12 |
| cryptographic protocol pattern | 6 |
| key exchange protocol | 6 |
| key management protocol | 5 |
| public-key cryptography scheme | 5 |
| security protocol framework | 5 |
| authenticated key exchange protocol | 4 |
| digital signature scheme | 4 |
| password-authenticated key exchange protocol | 4 |
| DNS security protocol | 2 |
| Internet Key Exchange protocol | 2 |
| Internet security protocol | 2 |
| certificate management protocol | 2 |
| link-layer security protocol | 2 |
| network authentication protocol | 2 |
| authentication and key agreement protocol | 1 |
| challenge–response authentication protocol | 1 |
| confidentiality mechanism | 1 |
| cryptographic authentication protocol | 1 |
| cryptographic key exchange protocol | 1 |
| cryptographic key exchange protocol family | 1 |
| cryptographic key-agreement protocol | 1 |
| cryptographic privacy protocol | 1 |
| cybersecurity protocol | 1 |
| decentralized authentication protocol | 1 |
| digital identity protocol | 1 |
| end-to-end encryption protocol | 1 |
| handshake protocol framework | 1 |
| key agreement protocol | 1 |
| key establishment protocol | 1 |
| key establishment scheme | 1 |
| privacy-preserving interoperability protocol | 1 |
| public-key cryptography protocol | 1 |
| secure communications solution | 1 |
| secure computation protocol | 1 |
| secure file transfer protocol | 1 |
| secure messaging protocol | 1 |
| transport layer security protocol | 1 |
| two-factor authentication protocol | 1 |
| two-party computation protocol | 1 |
| zero-knowledge proof system | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
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Instruction
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Input
Class: cryptographic protocol
Generated description
A cryptographic protocol is a precisely defined sequence of operations and message exchanges that uses cryptographic primitives to achieve security goals such as confidentiality, integrity, authentication, and non-repudiation between parties.
Instances (81)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| ACME | certificate management protocol |
| ACME v2 | certificate management protocol |
| Diffie–Hellman key exchange | key exchange protocol |
| World ID | digital identity protocol |
| KMIP | key management protocol |
| TAXII | cybersecurity protocol |
| SSL 3.0 | — |
| RSA | digital signature scheme |
| 5G AKA | authentication and key agreement protocol |
| FTPS | secure file transfer protocol |
| SSL 2.0 | — |
|
RPOW (Reusable Proofs of Work)
surface form:
RPOW
|
— |
| OpenID 2.0 | authentication protocol |
| VMAUTHD | authentication protocol |
| Client to Authenticator Protocol | authentication protocol |
| FIDO U2F | two-factor authentication protocol |
| zk-SNARKs | zero-knowledge proof system |
|
Network Time Security (NTS)
surface form:
Network Time Security
|
security protocol framework |
| PSS (Probabilistic Signature Scheme) | digital signature scheme |
| Signal protocol X3DH | key agreement protocol |
|
Signal protocol
surface form:
Signal Protocol
|
— |
| Curve448 | public-key cryptography scheme |
| DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities | Internet security protocol |
| SIGMA key exchange protocol | cryptographic key exchange protocol |
| SIGMA: the SIGn‑and‑MAc approach to authenticated Diffie‑Hellman | authenticated key exchange protocol |
| SIGMA protocol family | cryptographic key exchange protocol family |
|
DoT
surface form:
DNS over TLS
|
DNS security protocol |
| Web Authentication API | authentication protocol |
|
Hellman
surface form:
Diffie–Hellman key exchange
|
key exchange protocol |
| Yao’s garbled circuits | secure computation protocol |
|
Merkle
surface form:
Merkle’s puzzles
|
key exchange protocol |