JP2006311319A - Radio terminal authentication system, own station radio terminal, other station radio terminal and method for authenticating radio terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To construct a network high in safety and security by securely and surely performing an authentication between radio terminals to be performed when constructing an automonous distributed network, thereby preventing the leakage of inherent information or the like of a radio terminal. <P>SOLUTION: This radio terminal authentication system preliminarily moves authentication information of the other station radio terminal P2 to a self-station terminal device P1 through an RFID tag 1, subsequently uses key information included in the authentication information to transmit/receive encrypted inherent information, address information or the like between the self-station radio terminal P1 and the other station radio terminal P2 before constructing an adhoc network, decrypts the transmitted/received data and authenticates the radio terminals by collating the decrypted data. Thus, it is possible to transmit/receive the authentication information under environment in which security is sufficiently secured, for example, when constructing a network, so that a safe network high in security can be constructed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an authentication process between wireless terminals constituting an autonomous distributed wireless network constructed by wirelessly connecting two or more wireless terminals so that they can wirelessly communicate with each other. The present invention relates to an authentication process performed between unspecified wireless terminals when a network is constructed.

With the development of wireless communication technology, the network is becoming wireless. The advantage of a wireless network such as a wireless LAN network is that it is not necessary to lay a cable between the access point and a terminal device such as a personal computer, and it is easy to newly establish a network or change the layout of communication equipment. is there. In recent years, the development of communication infrastructure has progressed, and access points for wireless LAN communication have been installed not only in narrow spaces such as offices and homes, but also in stations, airports, hotels, coffee shops, fast food stores, street corners, etc. (For example, hotspots (registered trademark of NTT Communications Corporation)), wireless LAN communication such as the Internet can be performed through a wireless LAN network even in town.
Incidentally, in order to connect to the wireless LAN network, it is usually necessary to have an access permission issued from a management server or the like to a wireless terminal connected to the network. In other words, only wireless terminals that are permitted to access can wirelessly connect to the wireless LAN network. When connecting to the network, authentication processing is performed to determine whether the wireless terminal is permitted to access. This authentication process is performed, for example, by the authentication method described in Patent Document 1, that is, after the communication base station reads a contact type IC card or the like in which individual information of the wireless terminal is stored in advance, the location is specified in advance. Further, it is performed by an authentication method in which the individual information is collated by performing wireless communication between the wireless terminal and the communication base station. In the authentication method, communication is performed so that individual information of the wireless terminal is not eavesdropped or intercepted during wireless communication performed between the management server and the wireless terminal, and wireless communication is performed safely and reliably. Individual information to be encrypted is encrypted.

On the other hand, in recent years, with the spread of portable terminals (mobile terminals) such as notebook computers and mobile phones, personal computers, PDAs, and mobile phones that can be wirelessly connected without requiring the access points and communication base stations required for the wireless LAN network described above. Ad hoc networks (independent and distributed wireless networks) that can be constructed with only a plurality of wireless terminals such as telephones have attracted attention. This ad hoc network is an area where a fixed communication infrastructure such as the access point, communication base station, or communication line in a wired network cannot be used (for example, a disaster area) or an area where the communication infrastructure is not sufficiently developed. When a network is required (for example, in remote areas), or when a small network in a limited range is required immediately, there is an advantage that a network can be constructed inexpensively, easily and instantly. In recent years, it has attracted a lot of attention.
JP 2001-189722 A

Even in the above-described ad hoc network, it is necessary to perform authentication processing between wireless terminals constituting the network. For example, when transferring data or sharing data between authorized wireless terminals, it is necessary to perform authentication processing to prevent unauthorized third-party intervention on the network and improve network security. Is extremely expensive. However, the above-described ad hoc network is a network composed of only a plurality of unspecified wireless terminals, unlike the wireless LAN network composed of specified wireless terminals. Therefore, before the network is constructed, the specific information (IP address or the like) for specifying (identifying) the wireless terminals constituting the network is unknown, and thus the wireless terminal to be authenticated cannot be specified. Therefore, the authentication method of Patent Document 1 on the assumption that the wireless terminal is specified in advance cannot be applied to authentication of the wireless terminal before the ad hoc network is constructed.
In addition, the ad hoc network is not always composed of the same wireless terminal, and is often different depending on the use and location of the network. For this reason, not all wireless terminals constituting the network are always equipped with a common encryption means. Therefore, there is a problem that even if the unique information of the wireless terminal used for the authentication process of the wireless terminal is encrypted, the data encrypted by the other wireless terminal cannot be decrypted. On the other hand, if wireless communication is performed without encrypting the unique information for authentication, the unique information may be intercepted and intercepted by a third party, which is a problem.
Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and the object of the present invention is to securely and reliably perform authentication between wireless terminals when an autonomous distributed network such as an ad hoc network is constructed. A wireless network communication system, a wireless terminal, and an authentication method for the wireless terminal capable of preventing leakage of specific information of wireless terminals constituting the network and constructing a network with high safety and security by performing It is to provide.

In order to achieve the above object, a wireless terminal authentication system and a wireless terminal authentication method according to the present invention include a self-station wireless terminal and a remote-station wireless that constitute an autonomous distributed wireless network constructed by being wirelessly connected to each other. This is applied to wireless terminal authentication processing that is performed when a wireless network is constructed with a terminal. First, a memo or pre- The authentication information of the other station wireless terminal is obtained by an electronic medium or the like. This authentication information includes key information (key information) for decrypting (decrypting) encrypted data (encrypted information) sent from the other station wireless terminal. It is assumed that the encryption information transmitted from the other station wireless terminal can be decrypted by another wireless terminal (hereinafter referred to as the own station wireless terminal). Yes. Then, the local station wireless terminal encrypts the unique information of the other station wireless terminal included in the previously acquired authentication information of the other station wireless terminal with the key information, and obtains the first information obtained by the encryption. The encrypted data and the address information of the local wireless terminal are broadcast to an unspecified number of wireless terminals. On the other hand, the other-station wireless terminal receives the first encrypted data broadcasted by the own-station wireless terminal and the address information of the own-station wireless terminal, and then sends it to the own-station wireless terminal in advance. The first encrypted data is decrypted using the same key information as that obtained, and the first decrypted data obtained by the decryption and the other station wireless held by (stored in) the other station wireless terminal It collates with the unique information of the terminal itself and confirms that the data is transmitted from the local station wireless terminal. Thereafter, the unique information of the other station wireless terminal is encrypted based on the result of the collation, and the second encrypted data obtained by the encryption and the address information of the other station wireless terminal are stored in the own station wireless terminal. Based on the address information, the data is transmitted to the local station wireless terminal. Further, the local station wireless terminal further decrypts the second encrypted data after receiving the second encrypted data transmitted from the other station wireless terminal and the address information of the other station wireless terminal, The second decoded data obtained by decoding is collated with the unique information of the other station radio terminal acquired in advance, and it is confirmed that the data is transmitted from the other station radio terminal.
By configuring the present invention as described above, for example, even when unspecified wireless terminals gather to construct a network, authentication information can be transmitted and received in an environment where security is sufficiently ensured. As a result, it is possible to prevent leakage of specific information of the wireless terminal included in the authentication information and personal information (privacy information) of the user of the wireless terminal, and to construct a secure network with high security. In addition, by eliminating third-party unauthorized intrusion into the already established network, the third-party eavesdropping, intercepting or intercepting data (information) in the network and data (information) in shared directories and folders Tampering can be effectively prevented.

Here, before the wireless network is constructed, the partner terminal cannot be specified between the wireless terminals. Therefore, as described above, the local station wireless terminal needs to acquire authentication information of the other station wireless terminal in advance. As a technique for acquiring authentication information from the local station wireless terminal in advance, it is conceivable to use a predetermined storage medium in which authentication information including at least the unique information of the other station wireless terminal is stored in advance. For example, if the predetermined storage medium is a contact type memory card, authentication information acquisition means such as a contact reader / writer such as a card slot is provided in the local station, and the predetermined storage medium is a wireless device such as an RFID tag. In the case of a non-contact type IC memory, it is conceivable to provide authentication information acquisition means such as an antenna or a communication control processor for receiving authentication information transmitted from the IC memory by wireless communication in the local station. Of course, the authentication information input by the user may be acquired from an input means such as a keyboard provided in the local station wireless terminal.
In addition, as described above, if the predetermined storage medium is a wireless non-contact type IC memory, it is not necessary to provide a hardware configuration such as a card slot, and an existing wireless antenna can be used. Therefore, it is possible to save the space of the wireless terminal and improve portability.
The authentication information of the other station wireless terminal acquired in advance is temporarily stored in the own station side authentication information storage means such as a memory or HDD provided in the own station wireless terminal. However, when the verification of the unique information in the local station wireless terminal is completed, it is preferable to delete the authentication information of the other station wireless terminal stored in the local station authentication information storage means. This is to avoid overflow of the authentication information storage means of the local station due to accumulation of the authentication information every time authentication processing is performed with a large number of wireless terminals. This is because it is not preferable in terms of security to keep the included authentication information indefinitely.

  Here, the authentication information is not only unique information of the other-station wireless terminal, but also common key information (so-called encryption key, decryption key) that is used in common for encryption and decryption on the own-station wireless terminal side. It is conceivable to comprise. If common key information is included in this way, for example, encryption and decryption can be performed with the common key information arbitrarily determined on the other-station wireless terminal side or the common key information changed periodically. Can be done. As a result, the confidentiality of the encrypted unique information can be improved.

  By the way, it is assumed that authentication processing is performed between the local station wireless terminal and the plurality of other station wireless terminals in order to construct a network with the plurality of other station wireless terminals. Since each of the plurality of other-station wireless terminals has different functions, performances, etc., the key information and encryption method used for encryption may be different. In this case, a plurality of pieces of key information are stored in the authentication information storage means by the local station wireless terminal authenticating a plurality of wireless terminals. This makes it impossible to specify key information for decrypting each encrypted data transmitted from the plurality of other-station wireless terminals, and the encrypted data cannot be easily decrypted. In order to solve such a problem, the present invention stores the first encrypted data encrypted in the local station wireless terminal in the local station side encrypted data storage means such as a memory, and is transmitted from the other station wireless terminal. The second encrypted data and the stored first encrypted data are collated, and based on the result of the collation, common key information used for the encryption at the local station is extracted. It is configured to It should be noted that it is desirable to erase the first encrypted data stored in the local-station-side encrypted data storage means when the collation is completed in order to avoid overflow of the own-station-side encrypted data storage means.

In addition to the unique information of the other station radio terminal, the authentication information includes key information A used for encryption in the own station radio terminal, and key information A used for decryption in the own station radio terminal. May include different key information B. Thereby, since encryption and decryption performed on the local radio terminal side are performed with different key information, it is possible to realize a high level of security protection of the encrypted unique information.
Also in this case, an authentication process is performed between the local station radio terminal and a plurality of other station radio terminals, thereby decrypting each encrypted data transmitted from the plurality of other station radio terminals. There arises a problem that the key information cannot be specified. Therefore, the present invention encrypts the unique information of the other station wireless terminal stored in the local station authentication information storage means using the key information B, and the encrypted data of the key information B obtained by the encryption And the second encrypted data transmitted from the other-station wireless terminal and the stored encrypted data of the key information B are collated, and the encryption is performed based on the result of the collation. The key information B used is configured to be extracted. In order to avoid overflow of the local station key information B encryption data storage means in which the encryption data of the key information B is stored, it is stored in the local station key information B encryption data storage means when the verification is completed. It is desirable to erase the encrypted data of the key information B.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the wireless network is constructed between the local station wireless terminal and the other station wireless terminal that constitute the autonomous distributed wireless network constructed by being wirelessly connected to each other. The self-station radio terminal uses unique information of the other-station radio terminal included in the previously acquired authentication information of the other-station radio terminal. The first encrypted data obtained by the encryption and the address information of the local station wireless terminal are broadcast simultaneously to an unspecified number of wireless terminals, while the other station wireless terminal After receiving the first cipher data broadcasted by the station radio terminal and the address information of the local radio terminal, the first cipher data is decrypted, and the first cipher data obtained by the decryption is obtained. Decrypted data and other above It collates with the unique information of the other station wireless terminal held (stored) by the wireless terminal, encrypts the unique information of the other station wireless terminal based on the result of the collation, and then obtains the first information obtained by the encryption. 2 and the address information of the other station radio terminal are transmitted to the own station radio terminal based on the address information of the own station radio terminal, and the own station radio terminal further transmits from the other station radio terminal. After receiving the second encrypted data and the address information of the other station wireless terminal, the second encrypted data is decrypted, the second decrypted data obtained by the decryption and the previously obtained It is configured to collate with the unique information of the other station wireless terminal. Therefore, for example, even when unspecified wireless terminals gather to construct a network, authentication information can be transmitted and received in an environment where security is sufficiently ensured. As a result, it is possible to prevent leakage of specific information of the wireless terminal included in the authentication information, personal information of the user of the wireless terminal, and the like, and to build a safe network with high security. In addition, it eliminates unauthorized third party intrusion into an already established network, and is effective in eavesdropping, eavesdropping, or tampering with data transmitted / received over the network and information in shared directories and folders. Can be prevented.

Hereinafter, embodiments and examples of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings so that the present invention can be understood. It should be noted that the following embodiments and examples are examples embodying the present invention, and are not of a nature that limits the technical scope of the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of radio terminals P1 and P2 constituting the radio terminal authentication system X according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows an example of authentication information of the radio terminal P2. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a wireless communication area between wireless terminals, FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining an example of a procedure of authentication processing executed in the wireless terminals P1 and P2, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the wireless terminals P1 ′ and P2 constituting the wireless terminal authentication system X ′ according to the embodiment, and FIG. 6 illustrates an example of a procedure of authentication processing executed in the wireless terminals P1 ′ and P2. It is a flowchart to do.

(First embodiment)
First, a schematic configuration of a wireless terminal authentication system X (hereinafter abbreviated as system X) according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described using the block diagram of FIG.
When the ad hoc network (corresponding to an autonomous distributed wireless network) constructed by wireless connection between the systems X is constructed, any two wireless terminals such as a wireless terminal P1 (local radio) 1 corresponds to a terminal) and a wireless terminal P2 (corresponding to another station wireless terminal), and is a system used for authentication processing of a wireless terminal performed by at least wireless terminals P1 and P2, as shown in FIG. Composed. In the first embodiment, for simplicity of explanation, a system X configured by two wireless terminals P1 and P2 will be described. However, the system X is authenticated between two or more wireless terminals. It goes without saying that it can be applied to processing.

  Here, an outline of the wireless terminals P1 and P2 will be described. The wireless terminals P1 and P2 are examples of wireless terminals constituting the system X, and are mobile terminals such as a notebook personal computer, a PDA, and a mobile phone that can perform wireless communication. Needless to say, the mobile terminal is not limited to a portable mobile terminal, and may be a stationary wireless terminal such as a desktop personal computer. Hereinafter, each component included in the wireless terminal will be described. Since constituent elements other than the constituent elements described below are well known in the art, a detailed description thereof will be omitted here.

As shown in FIG. 1, the wireless terminal P1 includes at least a wireless communication unit 10, an authentication information storage unit 11, an encryption unit 12, a decryption unit 16, a unique information collation unit 17, and the like. On the other hand, the wireless terminal P2 includes at least a wireless communication unit 20, a decryption unit 21, a unique information collation unit 22, an encryption unit 23, an authentication information holding unit 24, and the like. Even if the entities of the encryption units 12 and 23, the decryption units 16 and 21, and the unique information collation units 17 and 22 are embodied by information processing by software, hardware such as an encryption circuit and a decryption circuit is used. It may be realized by hardware.
The wireless terminals P1 and P2 include a CPU that comprehensively controls each component of the wireless terminal, a ROM that stores an authentication program for executing an authentication process to be described later, the authentication program and predetermined data A well-known control unit (not shown) having a RAM or the like functioning as a development area is provided. The wireless terminals P1 and P2 do not need to be clearly distinguished, and it is sufficient if the wireless terminal P2 is configured as described above when authenticating the wireless terminal P2 on the wireless terminal P1 side. Further, in order to realize the authentication process of the other wireless terminal between the two wireless terminals, all the constituent elements of the wireless terminals P1 and P2 may be provided in one wireless terminal. Good.

The wireless communication units 10 and 20 are well-known wireless communication devices having a communication control processor (CCP), wireless antennas 10a and 20b, etc., for example, Bluetooth, which is a wireless communication standard of 2.45 GHz band, and ITU advocates. This corresponds to a wireless LAN card compliant with the IEEE 802.11 standard, an infrared communication device (such as an infrared communication port) compliant with the infrared data communication standard IrDA, and the like. The wireless communication units 10 and 20 transmit and receive data between the wireless terminals P1 and P2 through a carrier wave having a predetermined bandwidth such as radio waves and infrared rays using the wireless antennas 10a and 20a.
The wireless communication unit 20 stores authentication information including at least the unique information of the wireless terminal P2 in the RFID tag 1 (an example of a predetermined storage medium) via the wireless antenna 20a. Further, the wireless communication unit 10 reads (acquires) the authentication information from the RFID tag 1 by receiving the data transmitted from the RFID 1 via the wireless antenna 10a. That is, the wireless communication units 10 and 20 that store data in the RFID 1 or read data from the RFID 1 function as a so-called reader / writer.

  In the present embodiment, as an example of a predetermined storage medium used for acquiring authentication information from the wireless terminals P2 to P1, as described above, a wireless non-contact type memory is used instead of a contact type memory card. An RFID tag 1 is used. As a result, the wireless terminal P1 can read data in the RFID tag 1 using the wireless communication unit 10 without providing a card slot or the like for reading the contact-type memory card in the wireless terminal P1. Can be saved. Of course, a contact-type memory card such as an SD card may be used as the predetermined storage medium. Further, without using an electronic storage medium or the like, the authentication information described in a memo or the like may be input to the wireless terminal P1 from a keyboard or the like to acquire the authentication information. The unique information is identification information (ID information) for identifying the node n2.

The encryption unit 12 (an example of the local station side encryption means) of the wireless terminal P1 and the encryption unit 23 (an example of the other station side encryption means) of the wireless terminal P2 encrypt data using predetermined key information. Is. This encryption is performed by, for example, an encryption circuit that encrypts data according to an algorithm (encryption rule) such as DES (Data Encryption Standard), 3DES (Triple DES), or AES (Advanced Encryption Standard), or software such as an encryption program. This is realized by hardware or the like that implements the encryption processing according to.
In addition, the decryption unit 16 (an example of the local station side decryption unit) of the wireless terminal P1 and the decryption unit 21 (an example of the other station side decryption unit) of the wireless terminal P2 encrypt the encrypted data. Decryption is performed using the key information used at the time. Similar to the encryption units 12 and 23, this decryption is realized by a decryption circuit that decrypts data in accordance with the above algorithm, or hardware that implements decryption processing by software such as a decryption program. .
Further, the unique information matching unit 17 (an example of the local station side unique information matching unit) of the wireless terminal P1 and the unique information matching unit 22 (an example of the other station side unique information matching unit) of the wireless terminal P2 The unique information (ID2) is collated with the decrypted unique information (IDa, IDb). This collation is performed by hardware such as a collation circuit having a comparator (comparator) for comparing data to be collated. This is realized by hardware or the like that implements verification processing by software such as a verification program.
The detailed processing procedure of the encryption, decryption, and verification will be described later with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The authentication information storage unit 11 of the wireless terminal P1 is an example of a local authentication information storage unit such as a nonvolatile memory or HDD that stores the authentication information of the wireless terminal P2 acquired in advance from the RFID tag 1.
Further, the authentication information holding unit 24 of the wireless terminal P2 is a non-volatile memory that stores authentication information including the unique information of the wireless terminal P2 stored in advance in the wireless terminal P1 from the RFID tag 1 or another station such as an HDD. It is an example of a side authentication information storage means. That is, the authentication information stored in the authentication information holding unit 24 is stored in the RFID tag 1, and the authentication information stored in the RFID tag 1 is stored in the authentication information storage unit 11.
The authentication information is used in common for the unique information 31 of the wireless terminal P2, the encryption by the encryption unit 12, and the decryption by the decryption unit 16, as in the authentication information 30a shown in FIG. And common key information 32. Also, as the authentication information 30b shown in FIG. 2B, the unique information 31 of the wireless terminal P2, the key information A33 used for encryption by the encryption unit 12, and the decryption by the decryption unit 16 are used. The key information B may be different from the key information A. When performing an authentication process to be described later using the authentication information 30a, the wireless terminals P1 and P2 are encrypted and decrypted using the common key information 32. Further, when performing an authentication process to be described later using the authentication information 30b, encryption in the encryption unit 12 of the wireless terminal P1 and decryption in the decryption unit 21 of the wireless terminal P2 are executed using the key information A33. Using the key information B34, encryption in the encryption unit 23 of the wireless terminal P2 and decryption in the decryption unit 16 of the wireless terminal P1 are executed.

  Here, an example of a procedure of authentication processing executed by the CPU or the like in accordance with a predetermined authentication program in the wireless terminal P1 that is the local station terminal and the wireless terminal P2 that is the other station terminal will be described using the flowchart of FIG. . In the RFID tag 1, the authentication information 30b shown in FIG. 2 is stored in advance by the wireless communication unit 20 of the wireless terminal P2, and this authentication processing is performed using the authentication information 30b. Also, as shown in FIG. 3, there are a wireless terminal P2 that is allowed to join an ad hoc network and a wireless terminal Pn that is not allowed to join the ad hoc network in the wireless communication area Z1 of the wireless terminal P1, Further, assuming that only the wireless terminal P1 exists in the wireless communication areas Z2 and Zn of the wireless terminals P2 and Pn, an authentication process performed under such a wireless communication environment will be described. In the following description, the key information A, the key information B, and the unique information of the wireless terminal P2 included in the authentication information 30b are referred to as keyA, keyB, and ID2, respectively. In the figure, S10, S20,... Indicate processing procedure (step) numbers, and the processing starts from S10.

(S10 to S20)
First, on the wireless terminal P1 side, the authentication information 30b (FIG. 2 (b)) of the wireless terminal P2 transmitted from the RFID tag 1 by moving to the vicinity of the wireless terminal P1 is transmitted to the wireless antenna 10a of the wireless terminal P1. The authentication information 30b is then read (obtained) by the wireless communication unit 10 and stored in the authentication information storage unit 11 of the wireless terminal P1 (S10). Subsequently, the ID 2 of the wireless terminal P2 included in the authentication information 30b is encrypted by the encryption unit 12 using the keyA included in the authentication information 30b stored in the authentication information storage unit 11 (S20). . Here, it is assumed that the encrypted data encrypted by using the key A in the encryption unit 12 is [ID2 / key A]. The encrypted data [ID2 / keyA] corresponds to the first encrypted data.

(S30)
The encrypted data [ID2 / keyA] obtained by the encryption in step S20 is transferred to the wireless communication unit 10 and then address information (for example, an IP address) indicating the location of the wireless terminal P1 from the wireless communication unit 10 Etc.) and broadcast to an unspecified number of wireless terminals (S30). This simultaneous broadcast communication is, for example, a predetermined radio wave (hereinafter referred to as a broadcast radio wave) in which the encrypted data [ID2 / keyA] and the address information of the radio terminal P1 are placed over the entire radio communication area Z1 of the radio terminal P1. This is done by sending The broadcast radio wave is, for example, a radio wave with a predetermined bandwidth (frequency band) such as a radio wave used for broadcast communication, or a radio wave carrying identification information indicating that it includes data used for authentication processing. And so on. When such broadcast waves are propagated throughout the wireless communication area Z1, a network is constructed by setting communication rules (communication protocols) in advance so that all wireless terminals receive the broadcast waves. Even before the above, it is possible to realize the simultaneous broadcast communication. When radio waves with a predetermined bandwidth are used for broadcast waves, transmission / reception of other data (data other than data used for authentication processing) with the bandwidth of the broadcast waves is restricted. It is necessary to keep it. This is to prevent the data used for the authentication process from being confused with other data.
In step S20 described above, the address information of the wireless terminal P1 may be encrypted together with the ID2 of the wireless terminal P2. By encrypting the address information in this way, leakage of the address information to the wireless terminal Pn that is not allowed to join the ad hoc network can be suppressed, and the wireless terminal Pn or a third party can prevent the address information from being leaked. Unauthorized communication with the wireless terminal P1 can be prevented.

(S40-S50)
Subsequently, on the wireless terminal P2 side, the encrypted data [ID2 / keyA] and the address information of the wireless terminal P1 transmitted from the wireless terminal P1 are received by the wireless communication unit 20 via the wireless antenna 20a of the wireless terminal P2. Then (S40), the received data is then transferred to the decryption unit 21, and the transferred encrypted data [ID2 / keyA] is decrypted by the decryption unit 21 using keyA (S50).
The keyA used for the decryption is the same key information used when the encrypted data [ID2 / keyA] is encrypted in the encryption unit 12, and the keyA stored in the authentication information holding unit 24 is used. It is. Since the wireless terminals P1 and P2 transmit and receive authentication information including keyA and keyB (to be described later) using the RFID tag 1 in advance for authentication, both terminals have the same keyA. Therefore, the encrypted data [ID2 / keyA] encrypted in the encryption unit 12 of the wireless terminal P1 can be decrypted on the wireless terminal P2 side. Here, the decrypted data decrypted by the decrypting unit 21 is ID2a. This ID 2a corresponds to the first decrypted data.
On the other hand, the encrypted data [ID2 / keyA] and the address information of the wireless terminal P1 are also received via the wireless antenna and the wireless communication unit (not shown) on the wireless terminal Pn side that does not permit ad-hoc network subscription. However, since the wireless terminal Pn does not have keyA for decrypting the encrypted data [ID2 / keyA], the wireless terminal Pn cannot decrypt the encrypted data [ID2 / keyA]. Even if communication permission is requested to the wireless terminal P1 without decrypting the encrypted data [ID2 / keyA], the request is not permitted as a result of collation in the unique information collation unit 17 described later. Therefore, authentication is not performed between the wireless terminal P1 and the wireless terminal Pn. Therefore, an ad hoc network is not constructed between the wireless terminal P1 and the wireless terminal Pn, and it is not possible to join an ad hoc network constructed between the wireless terminal P1 and the wireless terminal P2.

(S60-S90)
Subsequently, the decryption data ID2a obtained by decryption in step S50 and ID2 stored in the authentication information holding unit 24 of the wireless terminal P2 are collated by the unique information collation unit 22 (S60). This collation is performed in order to determine whether or not the data received by the broadcast communication is an authentication request for itself, and to confirm that the transmission source of the received data is the wireless terminal P1. If the verifications match, it is determined that the authentication request is for the wireless terminals P1 to P2. As a result of the collation, if it is determined in step S70 that ID2a and ID2 match, the ID2 is wirelessly transmitted using the keyB stored in the authentication information holding unit 24 based on the collation result. Encryption is performed by the encryption unit 23 of the terminal P2 (S80). Here, it is assumed that the encrypted data encrypted by using the key B in the encryption unit 23 is [ID2 / key B]. This [ID2 / keyB] corresponds to the second encrypted data. If it is determined that the authentication in step S70 does not match, the process proceeds to S71, and since it is not an authentication request for the wireless terminal P2, the received data is excluded. Alternatively, an error signal indicating mismatch is transmitted to the wireless terminal P1, or error information indicating mismatch is displayed and output to the wireless terminal P2 (S71).
Subsequently, the encrypted data [ID2 / keyB] obtained by being encrypted in step S80 is transferred to the wireless communication unit 20, and then address information indicating the location of the wireless terminal P2 is transmitted from the wireless communication unit 20 together with the address information. It is transmitted to the wireless terminal P1 (S90). This transmission is performed based on the address information of the wireless terminal P1 received in step S40.

(S100-S130)
When it is determined that the encrypted data [ID2 / keyB] and the address information of the wireless terminal P2 transmitted from the wireless terminal P2 are received on the wireless terminal P1 side (S100), the received encrypted data [ID2 / keyB] Is decrypted by the decryption unit 16 using the keyB stored in the authentication information storage unit 11 (S110). Here, the decrypted data decrypted by the decrypting unit 16 is ID2b. This ID2b corresponds to the second decrypted data.
Subsequently, the decrypted data ID2b obtained by decryption in step S110 and ID2 stored in the authentication information storage unit 11 of the wireless terminal P1 are collated by the unique information collation unit 17 (S120). This collation is a process performed to confirm whether or not the terminal transmitted in response to the broadcast communication is the radio terminal P2, and if the collation matches, the transmission is from the radio terminal P2. to decide. As a result of the collation, if it is determined in step S130 that ID2b and ID2 match, it is determined that the authentication is normally performed between the wireless terminal P1 and the wireless terminal P2, and then a series of processing ends. . When authentication is normally performed in this manner, address information, unique information, and the like are transmitted and received secretly between the wireless terminals P1 and P2. Thereby, an ad hoc network with high security is constructed between the wireless terminals P1 and P2.
If it is determined that the authentications in step S130 do not match, the process proceeds to S131, an error signal indicating that the authentications do not match is transmitted to the wireless terminal P2, or the wireless terminal that does not recognize the network in the wireless terminal P1. Error information indicating that the data is from Pn or the like is displayed and output, and then a series of processing ends. When the authentication in step S130 is completed, the authentication information of the wireless terminal P2 stored in the authentication information storage unit 11 is deleted. This is to avoid overflow of the authentication information storage unit 11 due to accumulation of the authentication information every time authentication processing is performed with a wireless terminal, and to keep authentication information including unique information of the wireless terminal of another station forever. This is because it is not preferable in terms of security.
On the other hand, even if a request for communication permission from the wireless terminal Pn to the wireless terminal P1 is made, as a result of the collation in the unique information collating unit 17 not matching as described above, the request is not accepted. Such requests are usually discarded. That is, authentication is not performed between the wireless terminal P1 and the wireless terminal Pn, and an ad hoc network is not established between the wireless terminal P1 and the wireless terminal Pn. That is, the wireless terminal Pn cannot join the ad hoc network constructed between the wireless terminal P1 and the wireless terminal P2.
In this way, when an ad hoc network is constructed, authentication processing that is highly secure is performed with the wireless terminal of the other party that desires data communication or data sharing. It is possible to prevent leakage of specific information of wireless terminals and user personal information included in the information, and to build a highly secure and safe network. It also eliminates unauthorized third-party intrusion into the network and effectively prevents third-party eavesdropping, eavesdropping, or falsification of data sent and received over the network and information in shared directories and folders. It becomes possible.

(Second Embodiment)
Here, a wireless terminal authentication system X ′ (hereinafter abbreviated as “system X ′”) according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the radio terminals P1 ′ and P2 constituting the radio terminal authentication system X ′ according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 shows the radio terminal P1 ′. And a flowchart for explaining an example of the procedure of the authentication process executed in P2. In the following description, the same components as those in the first embodiment described above are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description of the components of the system X ′ is omitted.

First, the schematic configuration of the system X ′ according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG.
The system X ′ differs from the system X in the first embodiment described above when the ad hoc network is constructed, when the radio terminal P1 ′ (corresponding to the local radio terminal), the radio terminal P2, and the radio terminal P2 A system used for authentication processing of a wireless terminal performed with a wireless terminal (not shown) having the same configuration as that of the terminal P2, and includes at least wireless terminals P1 'and P2 and a wireless terminal (not shown) as shown in FIG. Is done.
Since the system X ′ includes a plurality of wireless terminals that authenticate with the wireless terminal P1 ′, the authentication information storage unit 11 of the wireless terminal P1 ′ stores a plurality of authentications according to the number of other wireless terminals that perform authentication processing. Information will be stored. That is, the authentication information storage unit 11 stores a plurality of unique information and key information corresponding to the number of wireless terminals. Therefore, for example, even if the encrypted data [ID2 / keyB] is received from the wireless terminal P2, a situation may occur in which the key for decrypting it cannot be easily searched from the authentication information storage unit 11. However, according to the present system X ′, it is possible to easily extract key information for decrypting encrypted data transmitted from any wireless terminal.
Therefore, the wireless terminal P1 ′ of the present system X ′ includes the encrypted data storage unit 13, the encrypted data collating unit 14, the key information extraction, in addition to the components included in the wireless terminal P1 in the first embodiment described above. And a portion 15. Of course, in order to enable authentication processing between a plurality of wireless terminals, all the constituent elements of the wireless terminals P1 ′ and P2 may be provided in one wireless terminal.

The cipher data storage unit 13 is an example of a local station side cipher data storage unit such as a nonvolatile memory or HDD that stores cipher data encrypted by the cipher unit 12, or a local side key information B cipher data storage unit. .
The encrypted data verification unit 14 (an example of the first or second local station side encrypted data verification unit) combines the encrypted data transmitted from the wireless terminal P2 and the encrypted data stored in the encrypted data storage unit 13. It is to be verified. This verification is realized by a verification circuit or hardware that implements verification processing by software such as a verification program. The key information extraction unit 15 (an example of a common key information extraction unit and a key information B extraction unit) performs encryption in the encryption unit 12 based on the result of verification in the encryption data verification unit 14. The used key information is extracted from the authentication information storage unit 11. A detailed processing procedure of verification in the encrypted data verification unit 14 and extraction in the key information extraction unit 15 will be described later with reference to a flowchart of FIG.

  Here, an example of the procedure of authentication processing executed using the authentication information 30b shown in FIG. 2 in the wireless terminals P1 ′ and P2 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. The authentication information storage unit 11 stores a plurality of other authentication information used (or already used) for authentication processing with other wireless terminals other than the wireless terminal P2. Also, the key information A, key information B, and unique information of the wireless terminal P2 included in the authentication information 30b of FIG. 2 are referred to as keyA, keyB, and ID2, respectively. The same procedures as those described in the first embodiment with reference to FIG. 4 are denoted by the same processing procedure (step) numbers, and detailed description thereof is omitted. The process starts from S10.

(S10 to S30)
First, on the wireless terminal P1 ′ side, the authentication information 30b (FIG. 2B) transmitted from the RFID tag 1 is read (acquired), and then the read authentication information 30b is stored in the wireless terminal P1 ′. It is stored in the authentication information storage unit 11 (S10). Subsequently, using the key A included in the authentication information 30b stored in the authentication information storage unit 11, the ID2 of the wireless terminal P2 is encrypted by the encryption unit 12 (S20), and further to the authentication information 30b. The ID2 is encrypted by the encryption unit 12 using the included keyB (S21). Here, it is assumed that the encrypted data encrypted using the keyA is [ID2 / keyA], and the encrypted data encrypted using the keyB is [ID2 / keyB (P1)]. [ID2 / keyB (P1)] corresponds to the key information B encrypted data.
Thereafter, only the encrypted data [ID2 / keyB (P1)] out of the encrypted data [ID2 / keyA] and [ID2 / keyB (P1)] obtained by the encryption in the encryption unit 12 is stored in the encrypted data storage unit 13. The encrypted data [ID2 / keyA] is then broadcasted together with the address information of the wireless terminal (S30). When the encrypted data [ID2 / keyB (P1)] is stored in the step 13, the keyB used for encryption or information indicating the keyB is associated with the encrypted data [ID2 / keyB (P1)]. Is remembered. This makes it possible to easily perform the key information extraction process performed in step S102 described later.

(S40-S90)
Next, when the encrypted data [ID2 / keyA] and the address information of the wireless terminal P1 transmitted from the wireless terminal P1 ′ are received on the wireless terminal P2 side (S40), the encrypted data [ID2 / keyA] Is decrypted (S50), and then collation in steps S60 and S70 is performed. Based on the result of the above collation, in step S80, when ID2 is encrypted using keyB (encrypted encrypted data is referred to as [ID2 / keyB (P2)]), the encrypted encryption is thereafter performed. Data [ID2 / keyB (P2)] is transmitted to the wireless terminal P1 '(S90).

(S100-S130)
Subsequently, when it is determined that the encrypted data [ID2 / keyB (P2)] and the address information of the wireless terminal P2 transmitted from the wireless terminal P2 are received on the wireless terminal P1 side (S100), the received encryption The data [ID2 / keyB (P2)] and the encrypted data [ID2 / keyB (P1)] stored in the encrypted data storage unit 13 in step S22 are verified in the encrypted data verification unit 14. That is, it is verified whether or not [ID2 / keyB (P2)] is included in the encrypted data storage unit 13. Note that after the collation is completed to avoid overflow of the encrypted data storage unit 13, the encrypted data [ID2 / keyB (P1)] stored in the encrypted data storage unit 13 is deleted. If it is determined that the encrypted data [ID2 / keyB (P2)] and [ID2 / keyB (P1)] match (S102), then in step S103, the encrypted data storage unit 13 The key information used when the encrypted data [ID2 / keyB (P1)] is encrypted is extracted by the key information extraction unit 15 (S103). For example, when the keyB used for encryption or the information indicating the keyB is stored in association with the encrypted data [ID2 / keyB (P1)] in the step S22, the associated keyB or the keyB is stored. The keyB is extracted based on the information indicating the above. If it is determined in step S102 that the collation does not match, the process proceeds to step S131, and a predetermined error output process is performed.
As described above, authentication information of a plurality of wireless terminals other than the wireless terminal P2 is stored in the authentication information storage unit 11, but according to the present system X ′, the processing of steps S101 to S103 is performed. By doing so, it is possible to easily find key information for decrypting the encrypted data [ID2 / keyB (P2)] transmitted from the wireless terminal P2.
When keyB is extracted in step S103, the encrypted data [ID2 / keyB (P2)] is encrypted using the extracted keyB (S110), and then collation in steps S120 and S130 is performed. A series of processing ends.

In the first and second embodiments described above, the authentication process using the authentication information 30b shown in FIG. 2B has been described. However, in the authentication process using the authentication information 30a shown in FIG. Even in such a case, it is possible to construct an ad hoc network with high security by suppressing eavesdropping and interception of authentication information transmitted and received between wireless terminals. In this case, encryption and decryption in the wireless terminal P1 (P1 ′) are performed using the common key information 32 included in the authentication information 30a.
In addition, the wireless terminal P1 ′ is configured such that the encrypted data stored in the encrypted data storage unit 13 in the system X ′ of the second embodiment is erased after the verification (S101) in the encrypted data verification unit 14 is completed. Thus, overflow of the encrypted data collating unit 14 can be avoided.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of wireless terminals P1 and P2 constituting a wireless terminal authentication system X according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The schematic diagram which shows an example of the authentication information of the radio | wireless terminal P2. The schematic diagram which shows the radio | wireless communication area between radio | wireless terminals. The flowchart explaining an example of the procedure of the authentication process performed in radio | wireless terminal P1 and P2. The block diagram which shows schematic structure of radio | wireless terminal P1 'and P2 which comprises the radio | wireless terminal authentication system X' which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The flowchart explaining an example of the procedure of the authentication process performed in radio | wireless terminal P1 'and P2.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... RFID tag 10, 20 ... Wireless communication part 10a, 20a ... Wireless antenna 11 ... Authentication information storage part 12, 23 ... Encryption part 13 ... Encryption data storage part 14 ... Encryption data collation part 15 ... Key information extraction part 16, 21 ... Decryption unit 24 ... Authentication information holding units 30a, 30b ... Authentication information 31 ... Unique information (ID2)
32 ... Common key information 33 ... Key information A (keyA)
34 ... Key information B (keyB)

Claims (13)

Performed when the wireless network is constructed between two or more wireless terminals including the local station wireless terminal and the other station wireless terminal that constitute an autonomous distributed wireless network constructed by mutual wireless connection. A wireless terminal authentication system used for authentication processing of the wireless terminal,
The local radio terminal is
Own station side authentication information storage means for storing authentication information including the unique information of the other station wireless terminal acquired in advance;
Own station side encryption means for encrypting unique information of the other station wireless terminal included in the authentication information stored in the own station side authentication information storage means;
Broadcast communication means for simultaneously broadcasting the first encrypted data encrypted by the local station side encryption means and the address information of the local station wireless terminal to an unspecified number of wireless terminals; ,
The other station wireless terminal
Other station side authentication information storage means for storing authentication information including unique information of the other station wireless terminal acquired in advance by the own station wireless terminal;
Other station side decrypting means for decrypting the first encrypted data after receiving the first encrypted data broadcasted by the simultaneous broadcast communication means and the address information of the local station wireless terminal; ,
Another station side unique information collating means for collating the first decoded data decoded by the other station side decoding means and the unique information stored in the other station side authentication information storage means;
Another station side encryption means for encrypting the unique information of the other station wireless terminal based on the collation result by the other station side unique information collation means;
The other station side that transmits the second encrypted data encrypted by the other station side encryption means and the address information of the other station wireless terminal to the own station wireless terminal based on the address information of the own station wireless terminal A transmission means,
The local radio terminal further
Self-station side decryption for decrypting the second encrypted data after receiving the second encrypted data transmitted from the other station wireless terminal and the address information of the other station wireless terminal by the other station side transmitting means And
Own station side unique information collating means for collating the second decoded data decoded by the own station side decoding means and the unique information of the other station wireless terminal stored in the own station side authentication information storage means; A wireless terminal authentication system, comprising: The local radio terminal is
And further comprising other station authentication information acquisition means for acquiring the authentication information from a predetermined storage medium in which authentication information including at least the unique information of the other station wireless terminal is stored in advance.
2. The wireless terminal authentication system according to claim 1, wherein the local station authentication information storage means stores the authentication information acquired by the other station authentication information acquisition means.   The wireless terminal authentication system according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined storage medium is a wireless contactless IC memory.   The local station wireless terminal has authentication information erasure means for erasing the authentication information of the other station wireless terminal stored in the local station authentication information storage means when collation by the local station side unique information collating means is completed. The wireless terminal authentication system according to claim 1, further comprising:   The authentication information includes unique information of the other-station wireless terminal and common key information used in common for encryption by the local station side encryption means and decryption by the local station side decryption means. The wireless terminal authentication system according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The local radio terminal is
Own station side encrypted data storage means for storing the first encrypted data encrypted by the own station side encryption means;
The first own station that collates the second encrypted data transmitted from the other station wireless terminal by the other station side transmitting means and the first encrypted data stored in the own station side encrypted data storage means. Side encrypted data matching means;
A common key information extracting means for extracting the common key information used in the encryption by the local station encryption means based on the collation result by the first local station side cipher data collating means; In addition,
6. The wireless terminal authentication system according to claim 5, wherein the local station decrypting means decrypts the second encrypted data using the common key information extracted by the common key information extracting means.   The local station wireless terminal deletes the first encrypted data stored in the local station side encrypted data storage unit when the verification by the first local station side encrypted data verification unit is completed. The wireless terminal authentication system according to claim 6, further comprising data erasing means.   The authentication information includes unique information of the other station wireless terminal, key information A used for encryption by the local station encryption means, and key information A used for decryption by the local station decryption means. The wireless terminal authentication system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, comprising key information B different from the key information B. The local radio terminal is
Key information B encrypting means for encrypting the unique information of the other station wireless terminal included in the authentication information stored in the local station authentication information storing means using the key information B;
Own-station side key information B encryption data storage means for storing the key information B encryption data encrypted by the key information B encryption means;
A second collating unit configured to collate the second encrypted data transmitted from the other station wireless terminal by the other station side transmitting unit with the key information B encrypted data stored in the local station side key information B encrypted data storing unit; Own station side encrypted data verification means,
Key information B extracting means for extracting the key information B used for encryption by the key information B encrypting means based on the collation result by the second local station side cipher data collating means; ,
9. The wireless terminal authentication system according to claim 8, wherein the local station decrypting means decrypts the second encrypted data using the key information B extracted by the key information B extracting means.   The local radio terminal erases the second encrypted data stored in the local encrypted data storage means when the verification by the second local encrypted data verification means is completed. The wireless terminal authentication system according to claim 9, further comprising data erasing means. Among two or more wireless terminals including a local station wireless terminal and another station wireless terminal constituting an autonomous distributed wireless network constructed by being wirelessly connected to each other, it is performed when the wireless network is constructed. A local station terminal device used for authentication processing of the wireless terminal,
Own station side authentication information storage means for storing authentication information including the unique information of the other station wireless terminal acquired in advance;
Own station side encryption means for encrypting unique information of the other station wireless terminal included in the authentication information stored in the own station side authentication information storage means;
Broadcast communication means for simultaneously broadcasting the first encrypted data encrypted by the local station encryption means and the address information of the local station wireless terminal to an unspecified number of wireless terminals;
The local station side that decrypts the second encrypted data after receiving the second encrypted data encrypted by the other station wireless terminal and transmitted from the other station wireless terminal and the address information of the other station wireless terminal Decryption means;
Own station side unique information collating means for collating the second decoded data decoded by the own station side decoding means and the unique information of the other station wireless terminal stored in the own station side authentication information storage means; A self-station radio terminal comprising: Among two or more wireless terminals including a local station wireless terminal and another station wireless terminal constituting an autonomous distributed wireless network constructed by being wirelessly connected to each other, it is performed when the wireless network is constructed. The other station terminal device used for authentication processing of the wireless terminal,
Other station side authentication information storage means for storing authentication information including unique information of the other station wireless terminal acquired in advance by the own station wireless terminal;
The first encrypted data is decrypted after receiving the first encrypted data encrypted by the local station and broadcasted simultaneously from the local station and the address information of the local station. Other station side decoding means,
Another station side unique information collating means for collating the first decoded data decoded by the other station side decoding means and the unique information stored in the other station side authentication information storage means;
Another station side encryption means for encrypting the unique information of the other station wireless terminal based on the collation result by the other station side unique information collation means;
The other station side that transmits the second encrypted data encrypted by the other station side encryption means and the address information of the other station wireless terminal to the own station wireless terminal based on the address information of the own station wireless terminal A transmission means;
The other station wireless terminal characterized by comprising. Performed when the wireless network is constructed between two or more wireless terminals including the local station wireless terminal and the other station wireless terminal that constitute an autonomous distributed wireless network constructed by mutual wireless connection. A wireless terminal authentication method,
The local radio terminal is
After encrypting the unique information of the other station wireless terminal included in the authentication information of the other station wireless terminal acquired in advance, the first encrypted data obtained by the encryption and the address information of the own station wireless terminal To all unspecified wireless terminals,
The other station wireless terminal
After receiving the first encrypted data broadcasted by the local station and the address information of the local station, the first encrypted data is decrypted, and the first encrypted data obtained by the decryption is decrypted. 1 decryption data and the unique information of the other station wireless terminal held by the other station wireless terminal,
Based on the collation result, the unique information of the other station wireless terminal is encrypted, and then the second encrypted data obtained by the encryption and the address information of the other station wireless terminal are converted into the address of the own station wireless terminal. Based on the information transmitted to the local wireless terminal,
The local radio terminal further
After receiving the second encrypted data transmitted from the other station wireless terminal and the address information of the other station wireless terminal, the second encrypted data is decrypted, and the second decryption obtained by the decryption An authentication method for a wireless terminal, characterized in that data is collated with the unique information of the other station wireless terminal acquired in advance.

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