why do we asume that in the registration process communication is over the secure channel?












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I was reading some research papers and saw that in Registration phase/process it is always assumed that communication is over the secure/private channel, whereas, all of the phases communication is happening over the public/open channel. What is the reason for this? on the basis of which parameter! we assume that the channel is secure/private insecure/public?
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    Well, if you use an insecure channel, an attacker can impersonate the server and later down the line also impersonate the server, as they become the server.
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I was reading some research papers and saw that in Registration phase/process it is always assumed that communication is over the secure/private channel, whereas, all of the phases communication is happening over the public/open channel. What is the reason for this? on the basis of which parameter! we assume that the channel is secure/private insecure/public?
Thanks in advance.



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    Well, if you use an insecure channel, an attacker can impersonate the server and later down the line also impersonate the server, as they become the server.
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  • @SEJPM Please can you elaborate your answer.. ........thanks in advance
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I was reading some research papers and saw that in Registration phase/process it is always assumed that communication is over the secure/private channel, whereas, all of the phases communication is happening over the public/open channel. What is the reason for this? on the basis of which parameter! we assume that the channel is secure/private insecure/public?
Thanks in advance.



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I was reading some research papers and saw that in Registration phase/process it is always assumed that communication is over the secure/private channel, whereas, all of the phases communication is happening over the public/open channel. What is the reason for this? on the basis of which parameter! we assume that the channel is secure/private insecure/public?
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    Well, if you use an insecure channel, an attacker can impersonate the server and later down the line also impersonate the server, as they become the server.
    – SEJPM
    4 hours ago












  • @SEJPM Please can you elaborate your answer.. ........thanks in advance
    – hafeez shah
    4 hours ago














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    Well, if you use an insecure channel, an attacker can impersonate the server and later down the line also impersonate the server, as they become the server.
    – SEJPM
    4 hours ago












  • @SEJPM Please can you elaborate your answer.. ........thanks in advance
    – hafeez shah
    4 hours ago








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Well, if you use an insecure channel, an attacker can impersonate the server and later down the line also impersonate the server, as they become the server.
– SEJPM
4 hours ago






Well, if you use an insecure channel, an attacker can impersonate the server and later down the line also impersonate the server, as they become the server.
– SEJPM
4 hours ago














@SEJPM Please can you elaborate your answer.. ........thanks in advance
– hafeez shah
4 hours ago




@SEJPM Please can you elaborate your answer.. ........thanks in advance
– hafeez shah
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Registration phase/process it is always assumed that communication is
over the secure/private channel, whereas, all of the phases
communication is happening over the public/open channel. What is the
reason for this?




Well, the point of the registration phase is to register the client to the server, so that they can reach mutual authentication afterwards using the exchanged information and with minimal / no assumptions on the underlying channel.



If you assume the channel to be insecure for this process, what an attacker can do, is wait for you to enter the registration phase with the legitimate server, intercept the request, act like they are the legitimate server and at the same time register themselves to the real server.



Now if you connect after the registration stage, the attacker can perfectly fine be authenticated as "the real server" and intercept your entire traffic (and potentially forward it to the real server).






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    Registration phase/process it is always assumed that communication is
    over the secure/private channel, whereas, all of the phases
    communication is happening over the public/open channel. What is the
    reason for this?




    Well, the point of the registration phase is to register the client to the server, so that they can reach mutual authentication afterwards using the exchanged information and with minimal / no assumptions on the underlying channel.



    If you assume the channel to be insecure for this process, what an attacker can do, is wait for you to enter the registration phase with the legitimate server, intercept the request, act like they are the legitimate server and at the same time register themselves to the real server.



    Now if you connect after the registration stage, the attacker can perfectly fine be authenticated as "the real server" and intercept your entire traffic (and potentially forward it to the real server).






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      Registration phase/process it is always assumed that communication is
      over the secure/private channel, whereas, all of the phases
      communication is happening over the public/open channel. What is the
      reason for this?




      Well, the point of the registration phase is to register the client to the server, so that they can reach mutual authentication afterwards using the exchanged information and with minimal / no assumptions on the underlying channel.



      If you assume the channel to be insecure for this process, what an attacker can do, is wait for you to enter the registration phase with the legitimate server, intercept the request, act like they are the legitimate server and at the same time register themselves to the real server.



      Now if you connect after the registration stage, the attacker can perfectly fine be authenticated as "the real server" and intercept your entire traffic (and potentially forward it to the real server).






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        Registration phase/process it is always assumed that communication is
        over the secure/private channel, whereas, all of the phases
        communication is happening over the public/open channel. What is the
        reason for this?




        Well, the point of the registration phase is to register the client to the server, so that they can reach mutual authentication afterwards using the exchanged information and with minimal / no assumptions on the underlying channel.



        If you assume the channel to be insecure for this process, what an attacker can do, is wait for you to enter the registration phase with the legitimate server, intercept the request, act like they are the legitimate server and at the same time register themselves to the real server.



        Now if you connect after the registration stage, the attacker can perfectly fine be authenticated as "the real server" and intercept your entire traffic (and potentially forward it to the real server).






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        Registration phase/process it is always assumed that communication is
        over the secure/private channel, whereas, all of the phases
        communication is happening over the public/open channel. What is the
        reason for this?




        Well, the point of the registration phase is to register the client to the server, so that they can reach mutual authentication afterwards using the exchanged information and with minimal / no assumptions on the underlying channel.



        If you assume the channel to be insecure for this process, what an attacker can do, is wait for you to enter the registration phase with the legitimate server, intercept the request, act like they are the legitimate server and at the same time register themselves to the real server.



        Now if you connect after the registration stage, the attacker can perfectly fine be authenticated as "the real server" and intercept your entire traffic (and potentially forward it to the real server).







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