Comparison of scalable key distribution schemes for secure group communication

Lakshminath R. Dondeti, Sarit Mukherjee, Ashok Samal

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Abstract

Scalable secure key distribution is the most important feature of a scalable secure group communication protocol. Most of the existing scalable secure group communication protocols are based on a hierarchical key distribution tree. These schemes can be classified as hierarchical node based schemes and hierarchical key based schemes. In this paper, we compare recently proposed hierarchical key distribution schemes through simulation using real-life multicast group membership traces. Our simulations show that hierarchical node based approaches better distribute encryption cost among the entities of a multicast group. However, hierarchical node based schemes `trust' internal nodes of a key distribution tree. We show that the dual encryption protocol recently proposed by us overcomes the aforementioned limitation of hierarchical node based schemes, with a marginal performance penalty.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationConference Record / IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference
Place of PublicationPiscataway, NJ, United States
PublisherIEEE
Pages1774-1778
Number of pages5
Volume3
StatePublished - 1999
Event1999 IEEE Global Telecommunication Conference - GLOBECOM'99 - Rio de Janeiro, Braz
Duration: Dec 5 1999Dec 9 1999

Other

Other1999 IEEE Global Telecommunication Conference - GLOBECOM'99
CityRio de Janeiro, Braz
Period12/5/9912/9/99

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Global and Planetary Change

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