Trusted Exam Marks System at IUG using XML-signature

Author

Barhoom, Tawfiq S M ; Shen-Sheng, Zhang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., China

fYear

2004

fDate

14-16 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

288

Lastpage

294

Abstract

Appropriate security mechanisms used in an application will not significantly impair system´s performance but will greatly enhance its application scope. Point-to-point security mechanisms such as SSL and TLS are good for ensuring data integrity, confidentiality and authenticity but not non-repudiation. Ensuring non-reputability of multi-signed digital documents is a primary requirement for university´s examination marks system. This paper presents a general XML schema for the signed-document and its elements to ensuring integrity, confidentiality, authenticity as well as non-repudiation. It is then used to implement an EMS system at IUG.

Keywords

XML; data integrity; data privacy; digital signatures; document handling; educational administrative data processing; EMS system; Exam Marks System; IUG; Islamic University of Gaza; Israel; SSL; TLS; XML digital signature; XML schema; XML security; data authenticity; data confidentiality; data integrity; data nonreputability; multisigned digital documents; multisigned document; point-to-point security mechanisms; university examination marks system; Application software; Authentication; Computer science; Computer security; Data security; Digital signatures; Information security; Medical services; Protection; XML;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer and Information Technology, 2004. CIT '04. The Fourth International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2216-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIT.2004.1357210

Filename

1357210