Short Message Service (SMS) Security Solution for Mobile Devices

Abstract

This thesis focuses on the security of Short Message Service (SMS) and the Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) network, and the use of encryption to protect SMS messages. A detailed study of the GSM network, the SMS protocol and various encryption schemes was conducted to understand the properties of different encryption schemes and their applicability to SMS messages. An experiment was conducted to measure the actual performance of various encryption schemes on a modern smart phone. An analysis of the encryption scheme properties and the performance measurement was then conducted to select a suitable scheme for SMS encryption. The selected scheme was implemented in the form of a Secure SMS Chat application to validate the viability of the selected encryption scheme. Potential applications of secure SMS in military settings are also discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA462720

Entities

People

  • Loon-ng Yu

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cellular Networks
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Cryptography
  • Military Applications
  • Mobile Communications
  • Mobile Computing
  • Mobile Devices
  • Mobile Phones
  • Network Protocols
  • Network Science
  • Operating Systems
  • Personal Computers
  • Security Protocols
  • Smartphones
  • Text Messaging

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Cybersecurity.
  • Software Engineering