Name
Abstract | ||
|---|---|---|
Virtual Private Social Networks (VPSNs) are a concept that aims at improving the security attributes of untrusted, centralised Online Social Networks (OSNs). Originally conceived with the goal of establishing privacy of user profile data, we propose an extension to the scope of a VPSN to provide confidentiality of shared data in the form of user-generated content. In this paper, we present a novel approach for exchanging confidential content within a VPSN based on symmetric encryption and the use of hash functions. We report on a prototype implementation and show that in practical use our technique introduces a nominal performance overhead. We propose that this could be an important building block for a putative enhanced VPSN application. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2013 | 10.1109/ICITST.2013.6750212 | ICITST |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
hash functions,user profile data,online social network,cryptography,osn,vpsn,user content confidentiality,enhanced virtual private social networks,user generated content,symmetric encryption,internet,centralised online social networks,social networking (online),security attributes,data confidentiality,encryption | Symmetric-key algorithm,User profile,Social network,Confidentiality,Computer security,Computer science,Computer network,Encryption,Hash function,The Internet | Conference |
ISSN | Citations | PageRank |
2164-7046 | 0 | 0.34 |
References | Authors | |
6 | 3 | |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles L.A. Clarke | 1 | 3289 | 286.78 |
| Eckhard Pfluegel | 2 | 5 | 4.06 |
| Dimitris Tsaptsinos | 3 | 1 | 1.18 |