Shared RSA key generation in a mobile ad hoc network

Author

Lehane, B. ; Doyle, L. ; O´Mahony, D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Trinity Coll., Dublin, Ireland

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

13-16 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

814

Abstract

The use of a threshold certificate authority to provide cryptographic key management in mobile ad hoc networks has been suggested in the literature. We have designed and implemented such a key management service for our ad hoc networking test bed. In this paper we describe our use of distributed shared RSA key generation techniques to create a threshold certificate authority ´from scratch´. Our goal is to create a scaleable key management solution, which does not rely on prior infrastructure for its inception, and as such is formed in a truly ad hoc manner, compatible with the formation of the network itself.

Keywords

ad hoc networks; authorisation; mobile radio; public key cryptography; telecommunication network management; cryptographic key management; mobile ad hoc network; scaleable key management solution; shared RSA key generation; threshold certificate authority; Ad hoc networks; Aerospace materials; Computer network management; Infrared detectors; Intelligent networks; Mobile ad hoc networks; Protocols; Public key; Public key cryptography; Research and development management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 2003. MILCOM '03. 2003 IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8140-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2003.1290217

Filename

1290217