• 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