DocumentCode
564658
Title
The Master Key Problem
Author
Denning, Dorothy E. ; Schneider, Fred B.
Author_Institution
Purdue University
fYear
1980
fDate
14-16 April 1980
Firstpage
103
Lastpage
103
Abstract
Four methods for generating and distributing shared group encryption keys in a cryptographic system are described. All four methods can be used to implement secure broadcasts among groups of users in computer networks. Two methods use n secret keys to construct a master key for 2n -1 keys.
Keywords
Authentication; Educational institutions; Polynomials; Protocols; Public key; Registers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Security and Privacy, 1980 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location
Oakland, CA, USA
ISSN
1540-7993
Print_ISBN
0-8186-0335-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SP.1980.10009
Filename
6233688
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