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Self-initialized Distributed Certificate Authority for Mobile Ad Hoc Network

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Advances in Information Security and Assurance (ISA 2009)

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Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) is suitable for providing communication services in situations where no infrastructure exists. Due to the unique features of MANET, most of the applications of MANET have non-trivial security requirements. As the basis of security services, key management is essential for securing communication systems. In this paper, we address issues critical to key management in MANET. A Self-initialized Distributed Certificate Authority (SDCA) model which combines the advantages of two existing schemes, the Distributed Certificate Authority (DCA) scheme and Certificate Chain (CC) scheme, is proposed. In the proposed model, no trusted dealer or the pre-established trust relationships is required. Instead, entities in the MANET could collaborate to initialize the key management service on the fly. The simulation results illustrate that the proposed model will bring less communication, storage and computational overheads for maintaining and using the key management service than other self-organized key management schemes.

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  1. Key Laboratory for Information System Security, Ministry of Education Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science & Technology School of Software, Tsinghua University, China

    Meng Ge & Kwok-Yan Lam

  2. Department of Computer Science & Technology, Tsinghua University, China

    Meng Ge

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  1. Computer Engineering Department, Kyungnam University, 449, Wolyong-dong, 631-701, Kyungnam, Masan, Korea

    Jong Hyuk Park

  2. Institute of Communications Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

    Hsiao-Hwa Chen

  3. School of Computer Science,, University of Oklahoma, 200 Felgar Street, 73019, P.O. Box, Norman, OK, USA

    Mohammed Atiquzzaman

  4. School of Computer Engineering, Hanshin University, Kyeong-Gi, Osan, Korea

    Changhoon Lee

  5. Division of Multimedia, Hannam University, Daejeon, Korea

    Tai-hoon Kim

  6. Division of Computer Engineering, Mokwon University, Daejeon, Korea

    Sang-Soo Yeo

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Ge, M., Lam, KY. (2009). Self-initialized Distributed Certificate Authority for Mobile Ad Hoc Network. In: Park, J.H., Chen, HH., Atiquzzaman, M., Lee, C., Kim, Th., Yeo, SS. (eds) Advances in Information Security and Assurance. ISA 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5576. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02617-1_40

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