Distributed symmetric key management for mobile ad hoc networks

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.C.-F. Chan
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc Networks ◽  
Mobile Ad Hoc Networks ◽  
Key Management ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Symmetric Key ◽  
Mobile Ad Hoc ◽  
Hoc Networks

scholarly journals A Hierarchical Key Management Scheme in Mobile Ad hoc Networks

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 295-299
Author(s):  
Jun Wu ◽  
Run Hua Shi ◽  
Hong Zhong
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc Networks ◽  
Mobile Ad Hoc Networks ◽  
Secret Sharing ◽  
Key Management ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Private Key ◽  
Management Scheme ◽  
Mobile Ad Hoc ◽  
Hoc Networks ◽  
Key Management Scheme

This paper proposes a hierarchical key management scheme in the mobile Ad hoc networks. In this scheme, there are two kinds of server nodes: the special server nodes and the ordinary server nodes, such that only when two kinds of server nodes collaborate can they provide a certificate service. In order to satisfy this special application, we design a new secret sharing scheme for splitting the system private key, in which it generates two different kinds of shares of the system private key: the special share and the ordinary share, where it needs at least one special share and t ordinary shares to recover the system private key, thus we call it threshold scheme. Furthermore, we present a distributed signature scheme for a user’s certificate in the mobile Ad hoc networks based on this secret sharing.

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