Research Article

A Secure Fair Exchange for SMS-Based Mobile Payment Protocols Based on Symmetric Encryption Algorithms with Formal Verification

Table 1

Advantages and disadvantages of the types of fairness.

Type of FairnessAdvantageDisadvantage

No Fairness(i) no cost of TTP(i) very high number of messages
(ii) need for reliable network
(iii) unable to have dispute resolution

Weak Fairness(i) low number of messages(i) need for reliable network
(ii) full TTP

Strong Fairness(i) semi-TTP
(ii) no need for reliable network
(i) high number of messages
(ii) cost of TTP