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The authentication center provides authentication and encryption parameters that verify the user's identity and ensure the confidentiality of each call. The authentication center also protects network operators from fraud.
     The authentication center contains information about subscribers to a GSM network that must be kept secure, such as the permanent key of the subscriber's smart card. This information is never released to other parts of the GSM network. Instead, the authentication center releases derived security information that can be used to authenticate a mobile phone and establish encrypted communications but cannot compromise the security of the permanent key..


Other topics in our resources on GSM related to AUC include: 
 
  • GSM architecture
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  • GSM security

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