Otway-Rees protocol

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A network authentication protocol allowing individuals communicating over an insecure network to prove their identity to each other while also preventing eavesdropping and replay attacks and allowing for the detection of modification.

Word forms

Otway-Rees protocol the Otway-Rees protocol

Etymology

Named after D. Otway and O. Rees, who developed it.

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