Research Article

Formal Analysis of the Security Protocol with Timestamp Using SPIN

Table 1

Basic symbols and meanings.

SymbolMeaning

PAuthentication and key agreement protocol
InitProtocol initiator
RecProtocol responder
SerTrusted server
skSession key generated by the protocol initiator
TsThe generation time of sk
TnThe reception time of sk
DmaxMaximum time spent in message transmission
DminMinimum time spent in message transmission
NThe number of messages in a protocol