Title :
Implementation of an authenticated dictionary with skip lists and commutative hashing
Author :
Goodrich, Michael T. ; Tamassia, Roberto ; Schwerin, Andrew
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
We present the software architecture and implementation of an efficient data structure for dynamically maintaining an authenticated dictionary. The building blocks of the data structure are skip lists and one-way commutative hash functions. We also present the results of a preliminary experiment on the performance of the data structure. Applications of our work include certificate revocation in a public key infrastructure and the publication of data collections on the Internet
Keywords :
Internet; certification; data structures; dictionaries; electronic publishing; list processing; message authentication; public key cryptography; software architecture; Internet; authenticated dictionary; certificate revocation; data collection publication; dynamic dictionary maintenance; efficient data structure; one-way commutative hash functions; performance; public key infrastructure; skip lists; software architecture; Algorithm design and analysis; Application software; Authentication; Computer science; Data structures; Dictionaries; High performance computing; Internet; Public key; Software architecture;
Conference_Titel :
DARPA Information Survivability Conference & Exposition II, 2001. DISCEX '01. Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1212-7
DOI :
10.1109/DISCEX.2001.932160
