Generic Bootstrapping Architecture
- Generic Bootstrapping Architecture
In mobile phones, Generic Bootstrapping Architecture (GBA) is one technology enabling the authentication of a user. This authentication is possible if the user owns a valid identity on an HLR Home Location Register or a Home Subscriber Server
GBA is standardized at the 3GPP (http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/html-info/33220.htm) . The user authentication is instantiated by a shared secret, one in the smartcard inside the mobile phone and the other is on the HLR/HSS.
GBA authenticates by making a network component challenge the simcard card and verify that the answer is similar by the one predicted by the HLR/HSS.
Instead of asking to the service provider to trust the BSF and relying on it for every authentication request, the BSF establishes a shared secret between the simcard card and the service provider. This shared secret is limited in time and for a specific domain.
This solution has some strong points of certificate and shared secrets without having some of their weaknesses: - A very strong point is that there is no need for secure deployment of keys.
- Another advantage is the ease with which the authentication method may be integrated into terminals and service providers, as it is based on HTTP's well known "Digest access authentication".
- On the service provider side, all that is needed is a small library named NAF.
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