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Abstract | ||
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The type of centralized group key establishment protocols is the most commonly used one due to its efficiency in computation and communication. A key generation center (KGC) in this type of protocols acts as a server to register users initially. Since the KGC selects a group key for group communication, all users must trust the KGC. Needing a mutually trusted KGC can cause problem in some applications. For example, users in a social network cannot trust the network server to select a group key for a secure group communication. In this paper, we remove the need of a mutually trusted KGC by assuming that each user only trusts himself. During registration, each user acts as a KGC to register other users and issue sub-shares to other users. From the secret sharing homomorphism, all sub-shares of each user can be combined into a master share. The master share enables a pairwise shared key between any pair of users. A verification of master shares enables all users to verify their master shares are generated consistently without revealing the master shares. In a group communication, the initiator can become the server to select a group key and distribute it to each other user over a pairwise shared channel. Our design is unique since the storage of each user is minimal, the verification of master shares is efficient and the group key distribution is centralized. There are public-key based group key establishment protocols without a trusted third party. However, these protocols can only establish a single group key. Our protocol is a non-public-key solution and can establish multiple group keys which is computationally efficient. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2018 | 10.1007/s11036-016-0776-7 | MONET |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
Group key establishment, Centralized server, Key generation center, Mutually trusted server, Secret sharing homomorphism, Bivariate polynomial | Key distribution,Group key,Pairwise comparison,Trusted third party,Secret sharing,Computer science,Computer security,Communication in small groups,Server,Computer network,Communication channel,Distributed computing | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
23 | 5 | 1572-8153 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
1 | 0.35 | 22 |
Authors | ||
3 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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| Lein Harn | 1 | 15 | 4.00 |
| Ching-Fang Hsu | 2 | 6 | 3.47 |
| Bohan Li | 3 | 1 | 0.35 |