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A novel authorization delegation scheme for multimedia social networks by using proxy re-encryption

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To solve the existing problem of the multimedia social networks platforms, for instance, the copyrighted or private multimedia content can not be safely shared among users, we proposed a novel authorization delegation scheme based on the proxy re-encryption mechanism. This scheme enables one user to delegate digital rights/privileges to another or the group of users, and achieves fine-grained authorization delegation. The ciphertext of content encryption key (CEK) was re-encrypted by the proxy with re-encryption key, which is generated by delegator, and then the ciphertext was sent to the delegatee only who could decrypt the ciphertext. The CCA security of proxy re-encryption was formally proved that this scheme realized the authorization delegation while ensuring the confidentiality of both the sharing content and the delegator’s private key. Besides, the privileges can be revoked when the usage control policies have not yet been satisfied. Finally, we demonstrated in detail that the proposed scheme was applied to a multimedia social network prototype called by CyVOD MSN, and it achieved the security share of multimedia content and the functionality of digital rights management, together with better resolving the issue of limited access control list.

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Acknowledgments

The work was sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant No.61370220, Program for Innovative Research Team (in Science and Technology) in University of Henan Province Grant No.15IRTSTHN010, Plan For Scientific Innovation Talent of Henan Province Grant No.134100510006, Program for Henan Province Science and Technology Grant No.142102210425,Key Program for Basic Research of The Education Department of Henan Province Grant No.13A520240 and No.14A520048,Training Foundation for Scientific Innovation Ability of Henan University of Science and Technology Grand No.2013ZCX022, Plan For Innovation Fund for Postgraduates of Henan University of Science & Technology Grant No. CXJJ-ZR12. We give thanks to Dr. Changwei Zhao, Ranran Sun for their technical assistance on CyVOD MSN prototype, and also would like to thank the reviewers and editor for their valuable comments, questions, and suggestions.

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    Weining Feng, Zhiyong Zhang, Jian Wang & Linqian Han

  2. Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50010, USA

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Feng, W., Zhang, Z., Wang, J. et al. A novel authorization delegation scheme for multimedia social networks by using proxy re-encryption. Multimed Tools Appl 75, 13995–14014 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-015-2929-2

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