Title
Logarithmic keying of communication networks
Abstract
Consider a communication network where each process needs to securely exchange messages with its neighboring processes. In this network, each sent message is encrypted using one or more symmetric keys that are shared only between two processes: the process that sends the message and the neighboring process that receives the message. A straightforward scheme for assigning symmetric keys to the different processes in such a network is to assign each process O(d) keys, where d is the maximum number of neighbors of any process in the network. In this paper, we present a more efficient scheme for assigning symmetric keys to the different processes in a communication network. This scheme, which is referred to as logarithmic keying, assigns O(log d) symmetric keys to each process in the network. We show that logarithmic keying can be used in rich classes of communication networks that include star networks, acyclic networks, limited- cycle networks, and planar networks.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1007/978-3-540-49823-0_22
SSS
Keywords
Field
DocType
acyclic network,neighboring process,logarithmic keying,planar network,symmetric key,process o,cycle network,different process,star network,communication network,limit cycle,secure communication
Symmetric-key algorithm,Telecommunications network,Star network,Computer science,Cryptography,Keying,Encryption,Limit cycle,Logarithm,Distributed computing
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
4280
0302-9743
7
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.53
4
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mohamed G. Gouda11982317.23
Sandeep S. Kulkarni286379.94
Ehab S. Elmallah310519.29