A Hierarchical Key Management Scheme in Mobile Ad hoc Networks

Abstract:

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.

• Periodical: Advanced Engineering Forum (Volume 1)
• Pages: 295-299
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AEF.1.295
• Online since: September 2011
• Authors: Jun Wu, Run Hua Shi, Hong Zhong
• Keywords: Key Management, Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, RSA Cryptosystem, Threshold Secret Sharing

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