BS ISO/IEC 20009-2:2013

This standard BS ISO/IEC 20009-2:2013 Information technology. Security techniques. Anonymous entity authentication is classified in these ICS categories:

• 35.030 IT Security

This part of ISO/IEC 20009 specifies anonymous entity authentication mechanisms based on signatures using a group public key in which a verifier verifies a group signature scheme to authenticate the entity with which it is communicating, without knowing this entity’s identity.

This part of ISO/IEC 20009 provides

• a general description of an anonymous entity authentication mechanism based on signatures using a group public key;

• a variety of mechanisms of this type.

This part of ISO/IEC 20009 describes

• the group membership issuing processes;

• anonymous authentication mechanisms without an online Trusted Third Party (TTP);

• anonymous authentication mechanisms involving an online TTP.

Furthermore, this part of ISO/IEC 20009 also specifies

• the group membership opening process (optional);

• the group signature linking process (optional).