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A Hierarchical Key Management Approach for Secure Multicast

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Architecture of Computing Systems - ARCS 2006 (ARCS 2006)

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The problem of secure multicasting in a large and highly dynamical group of users is addressed, and a novel hierarchical key management framework is proposed, based on an appropriate combination of the updatable and static logical key hierarchies. It fits to the underlying architecture of an IP-based network, and reduces the synchronization problem which is a main issue regarding the necessary key update upon membership changes. The proposed solution employs a hybrid two-layer approach with the updatable key hierarchy in the upper layer and the static one in the bottom layer. It provides scalability, flexibility, efficiency and security. Although any static and updatable logical hierarchies can be employed, certain architectural issues of the proposed framework are considered. The security and performance of the proposed approaches are discussed and compared with the previously reported schemes, and advantages of the proposed approach are pointed out.

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  1. College of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China

    Jian Wang

  2. Mathematical Institute, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

    Miodrag J. Mihaljevic

  3. Computer Networking Department, University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA

    Lein Harn

  4. Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Hideki Imai

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  1. University of Passau, Innstr. 33, 94032, Passau, Germany

    Werner Grass

  2. Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics – Institute of Computer Architectures, University of Passau, Innstrasse 33, 94032, Passau, Germany

    Bernhard Sick

  3. University of Frankfurt/Main, Robert-Mayer-Str. 11-15, 60325, Frankfurt, Germany

    Klaus Waldschmidt

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Wang, J., Mihaljevic, M.J., Harn, L., Imai, H. (2006). A Hierarchical Key Management Approach for Secure Multicast. In: Grass, W., Sick, B., Waldschmidt, K. (eds) Architecture of Computing Systems - ARCS 2006. ARCS 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3894. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11682127_30

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