Short Message Service (sms) security solution for mobile devices

LIST OF TABLES 
Table 1.
Length of Key That Can be Broken [After Ref. [30]) ........................... 37
Table 2.
Symmetric and Asymmetric Key Length Comparison......................... 39
Table 3.
E-TEN M600 Hardware Specifications ............................................... 42
Table 4.
Performance Measurement Results ................................................... 49
Table 5.
Baseline Measurement Results .......................................................... 49
Table 6.
Adjusted Performance Measurement Results .................................... 49
Table 7.
RSA Encryption Overheads at Different Key Lengths ........................ 52
Table 8.
Encryption Scheme Selection Matrix .................................................. 54
Table 9.
Pre-Measurement Checklist ............................................................... 69
Table 10.
Baseline Measurements ..................................................................... 72
Table 11.
RSA 1024-bit key length (Block Size 117 bytes) performance data ... 73
Table 12.
RSA 2048-bit key length (Block Size 117 bytes) performance data ... 74
Table 13.
RSA 2048-bit key length (Block Size 245 bytes) performance data ... 75
Table 14.
AES 128-bit key length performance data .......................................... 76
Table 15.
AES 256-bit key length performance data .......................................... 77

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
I would like to thank my thesis advisors, Dr. Gurminder Singh and Mr. 
John Gibson, for their patience and constant guidance. 
I would also like to express my gratitude to my family for their continuous 
support and understanding.

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