Secure Group Communications Over Data Networks

by ZOU, XUKAI; Ramamurthy, Byrav; Magliveras, Spyros S.

• ISBN13: 9780387229706
• ISBN10: 0387229701
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-10-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book provides a concise survey of principles and state-of-the-art techniques for secure group communications (SGC) over data networks. It offers an overview of secure algorithms and protocols for group communication linking areas such as applied cryptography and computer networking. Also included is a coverage of challenges in deploying secure group communication-based applications over wireless networks. These challenges include the limited computational power of mobile devices, susceptibility of wireless networks to intrusion and unauthorized access and mobility of nodes in a wireless ad-hoc network environment. Secure Group Communications Over Data Networks provides a wealth of information for network architects, IT Professionals, computer scientists, and advanced students of computer science and computer engineering in the fields of networking, computer security and software applications development.

Table of Contents

Dedication	v
List of Figures	xi
List of Tables	xv
Preface	xvii
Acknowledgments	xix
Introduction	1	(16)
Overview of Secure Group Communications	1	(2)
Preliminaries	3	(5)
Enabling Technologies	8	(5)
Multicast	8	(1)
Directed, Subgroup, Scoped and Multiple Multicasts	9	(1)
Cryptosystems	9	(2)
Two-party Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange	11	(2)
Group Dynamics and Security	13	(2)
Outline	15	(2)
Typical Group Key Management Schemes	17	(32)
Classification of Typical Group Key Management Schemes	18	(2)
Public-Key based Secure Group Communication Schemes	20	(3)
Reversible Parametric Sequence (RPS)	20	(2)
Secure Transmission Backbone (STB)	22	(1)
Secret-Key based Secure Group Communication Schemes	23	(5)
Core Based Tree (CBT)	23	(1)
Iolus	24	(1)
Dual Encryption Protocol (DEP)	25	(3)
Group Key Management based on Hierarchical Clusters	28	(9)
Layers, Clusters and Keys	28	(2)
Key Management	30	(3)
Clustering Protocol	33	(4)
N-party Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange Suite	37	(12)
ING Protocol	37	(2)
BD Protocol	39	(1)
GDH Protocols	39	(1)
GDH.1	39	(2)
GDH.2	41	(1)
GDH.3	42	(1)
STR Protocol	43	(2)
A Protocol without Member Serialization	45	(1)
Summarization of n-party Diffie-Hellman Protocols	46	(3)
Tree Based Key Management Schemes	49	(42)
Centralized Key Distribution based on Tree Structures	50	(26)
Key Tree -- Logical Key Hierarchy (LKH)	50	(2)
Bursty Behavior and its Efficient Implementation	52	(1)
Bursty Behavior and Properties	52	(2)
Bursty Algorithm	54	(3)
Theoretical Analysis	57	(2)
d -- ary Key Tree	59	(1)
Member-Oriented Rekeying	60	(2)
Key-Oriented Rekeying	62	(1)
Group-Oriented Rekeying	63	(1)
Performance of Bursty Operation in d -- ary Key Trees	64	(1)
One-way Function Tree (OFT)	65	(1)
One-way Function Chain (OFC)	66	(3)
Collusion Attacks on OFT and Improvement	69	(3)
Group Key Management based on Boolean Function Minimization Technique	72	(4)
Distributed Key Agreement based on Tree Structures	76	(15)
Tree based Group Diffie-Hellman Scheme (TGDH)	76	(2)
Block-Free TGDH Key Agreement (BF-TGDH)	78	(1)
BF-TGDH Principle	78	(3)
BF-TGDH Rekeying Operations	81	(1)
Performance and Security of BF-TGDH	82	(1)
Distributed Scalable sEcure Communication (DISEC)	83	(2)
Discovery of the Neighbor	85	(1)
Key Association Groups	85	(1)
Join Operation	86	(2)
Leave Operation	88	(3)
Dynamic Conferencing Schemes	91	(14)
Dynamic Conferencing and a Naive Solution	92	(1)
Public-Key based Dynamic Conferencing Scheme (PKDC)	92	(1)
Chinese Remainder Theorem based (Secure Lock) Dynamic Conferencing Scheme	93	(1)
Symmetric Polynomial based Dynamic Conferencing Scheme	94	(2)
Limited Symmetric Polynomial based DC Scheme	94	(1)
Extended Symmetric Polynomial based DC Scheme	95	(1)
Tree based Dynamic Conferencing Scheme	96	(5)
Key Tree based Interval Multicast and DC (IDC)	96	(2)
An Efficient and Scalable Key Tree based DC Scheme (KTDC)	98	(3)
BF-TGDH based Dynamic Conferencing (BF-TGDH DC)	101	(1)
Discussion and Comparisons	101	(4)
Secure Group Communications with Hierarchical Access Control	105	(22)
Classification	105	(1)
Unconditionally Secure Keying Schemes for HAC	106	(2)
One-way Function Schemes for HAC	108	(6)
The Akl-Taylor Scheme	109	(1)
Flexible Access Control with Master Keys	110	(2)
Lin's Scheme	112	(1)
Sandhu's Scheme	113	(1)
Index based Scheme for SGC with HAC	114	(8)
Principle	114	(2)
Key Management	116	(1)
Key Distribution	116	(1)
Subgroup Dynamics	116	(1)
Member Dynamics	117	(1)
Performance Analysis	118	(1)
Security Issues	119	(2)
Properties	121	(1)
CRT Based Scheme for SGC with HAC	122	(5)
CRTHACS Components and Initialization	122	(2)
Data Communication	124	(1)
Dynamic Key Management	125	(1)
Security and Performance Analysis	125	(2)
SGC Challenges and SGC for Wireless Networks	127	(22)
Factors Enabling SGC Functionality	127	(3)
Admission Control and Membership Management	127	(1)
Message/Packet Source Authentication	128	(1)
Coordination: Timing and Versioning in SGC	129	(1)
Broadcast Authentication	130	(1)
SGC in Wireless Environments	130	(19)
Topology Matching Key Management	132	(1)
Key Management for TMKM	133	(2)
Administration-scoped Key Management	135	(5)
SGC over Ad Hoc Networks	140	(1)
Securing Ad Hoc Networks with a Large Number of Nodes	140	(5)
Desired Properties for SGC over Ad Hoc Networks	145	(4)
Concluding Remarks	149	(4)
Summary of Book Contents	149	(1)
Exemplary Applications	150	(1)
Secure Teleconferencing	150	(1)
Virtual Private Networks (VPN)	150	(1)
Secure Grid Computing	151	(1)
Secure Collaborative Work	151	(1)
Conclusion	151	(2)
References	153	(8)
About the Authors	161	(4)
Index	165