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Broadcast Authentication from an Information Theoretic Perspective

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Synonyms

Multicast authentication

Related Concepts

Authentication; Authentication Codes; CBC-MAC and Variants; CMAC; Digital Signatures; GMAC; HMAC; MAC Algorithms; Multi-cast Stream Authentication; PMAC

Definition

Broadcast authentication is a generalization of the message authentication notion that allows more than one receiver.

Background

The first broadcast authentication codes were proposed by Desmedt, Frankel, and Yung [1]. Safavi-Naini and Wang have considered more general broadcast authentication models and proposed new schemes.

Theory

The broadcast message authentication setting is an extension of the conventional message authentication systems. The conventional message authentication setting is a point-to-point setting with three participants: a transmitter(sender), a receiver, and an adversary. Both, the sender and the receiver are honest. Prior to engaging in a communication, the transmitter generates a secret key and sends it to the receiver over a secure channel. Next,...

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Recommended Reading

  1. Desmedt Y, Frankel Y, Yung M (1992) Multi-receiver/Multi-sender network security: efficient authenticated multicast/ feedback. In: IEEE Infocom’ 92, Florence, Italy. pp 2045–2054

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  2. Safavi-Naini R, Wang H (1998) New results on multi-receiver authentication codes. In: Advances in cryptology – Eurocrypt ’98 (Lecture notes in computer science 1438), Springer, Heidelberg, pp 527–541

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  3. Safavi-Naini R, Wang H (1998) Bounds and constructions for multi-receiver authentication codes. In: Advances in cryptology – Asiacrypt ’98 (Lecture notes in computer science 1514), Springer, Heidelberg, pp 242–256

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  4. Safavi-Naini R, Wang H (2001) Broadcast authentication for group communication. Theoret Comput Sci 269:1–21

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA

    Yvo Desmedt

  2. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA

    Goce Jakimoski

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  1. Yvo Desmedt
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  1. Department of Mathematics and Computing Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Henk C. A. van Tilborg

  2. Center for Secure Information Systems, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 22030-4422, USA

    Sushil Jajodia

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Desmedt, Y., Jakimoski, G. (2011). Broadcast Authentication from an Information Theoretic Perspective. In: van Tilborg, H.C.A., Jajodia, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cryptography and Security. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5906-5_885

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