• DocumentCode
    1390964
  • Title

    Distributed Private Key Generation for Identity Based Cryptosystems in Ad Hoc Networks

  • Author

    Chan, Aldar C-F

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Infocomm Res., A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore
  • Volume
    1
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    2/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    46
  • Lastpage
    48
  • Abstract
    Identity Based Cryptography (IBC) has the advantage that no public key certification is needed when used in a mobile ad hoc network (MANET). This is especially useful when bi-directional channels do not exist in a MANET. However, IBC normally needs a centralized server for issuing private keys for different identities. We give a protocol distributing this task among all users, thus eliminating the need of a centralized server in IBC for use in MANETs.
  • Keywords
    cryptographic protocols; mobile ad hoc networks; private key cryptography; telecommunication security; wireless channels; IBC; MANET; bidirectional channels; distributed private key generation; identity based cryptosystems; mobile ad hoc network; protocol; Generators; Mobile ad hoc networks; Public key; Servers; Identity based cryptosystems; MANET; distributed key generation; entity authentication; verifiable secret sharing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Wireless Communications Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    2162-2337
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/WCL.2012.120211.110130
  • Filename
    6096326