Several muhicast key management schemes such as those proposed by Wallner et al and Wong et al are based on a multilevel, logical hierarchy （or tree） of key-encrypting keys. When used in conjunction with a reliahle ...Several muhicast key management schemes such as those proposed by Wallner et al and Wong et al are based on a multilevel, logical hierarchy （or tree） of key-encrypting keys. When used in conjunction with a reliahle muhicast infrastructure, this approach results in a highly efficient key update mechanism in which the number of muhicast messages transmitted upon a membership update is proportional to the depth of the tree, which is logarithmic to the size of the secure muhicast group. But this is based on the hypothesis that the tree is maintained in a balanced manner. This paper proposes a scalable rekeying scheme---link-tree structure for implementing secure group communication. Theoretical calculation and experimentation show that this scheme has better performance than the tree structure and the star structure, and at the same time still keep the link-tree structure balanced.展开更多
基金Sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.60203012) and Shanghai Rising-Star Program in Science and Technology (Grant No.02QD14027).
文摘Several muhicast key management schemes such as those proposed by Wallner et al and Wong et al are based on a multilevel, logical hierarchy （or tree） of key-encrypting keys. When used in conjunction with a reliahle muhicast infrastructure, this approach results in a highly efficient key update mechanism in which the number of muhicast messages transmitted upon a membership update is proportional to the depth of the tree, which is logarithmic to the size of the secure muhicast group. But this is based on the hypothesis that the tree is maintained in a balanced manner. This paper proposes a scalable rekeying scheme---link-tree structure for implementing secure group communication. Theoretical calculation and experimentation show that this scheme has better performance than the tree structure and the star structure, and at the same time still keep the link-tree structure balanced.
