A Survey on Group Key Management Schemes

Cryptographic key management needs utmost security in generating, exchanging, using, rekeying, storing of keys, being used for communication purposes. Successful key management is critical to the security of a cryptosystem. This paper presents a detailed survey on group key management and its challe...

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Published in:Cybernetics and information technologies : CIT 2015-09, Vol.15 (3), p.3-25
Main Authors: Seetha, R., Saravanan, R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Group key
key management
multicast
rekeying
security
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Summary:Cryptographic key management needs utmost security in generating, exchanging, using, rekeying, storing of keys, being used for communication purposes. Successful key management is critical to the security of a cryptosystem. This paper presents a detailed survey on group key management and its challenges in network independent and network dependent approaches. The paper also focuses on the advantages, disadvantages and security vulnerabilities of these protocols.
ISSN:1314-4081
1314-4081
DOI:10.1515/cait-2015-0038