DocumentCode :
671833
Title :
A novel approach to allow multiple resales of DRM-protected contents
Author :
Gaber, Tarek ; Ning Zhang ; Hassanien, Aboul Ella
Author_Institution :
Egypt Sci. Res. Group in Egypt (SRGE), Suez Canal Univ., Ismailia, Egypt
fYear :
2013
fDate :
26-28 Nov. 2013
Firstpage :
86
Lastpage :
91
Abstract :
This paper describes a novel approach to support multiple resellings of DRM-Protected contents. The approach allows a consumer to resell his/her content (license) to a second consumer who can also resell the same content to a third one, and so on. This reselling process can continue till the license is resold N-times. To ensure that the reselling process is secure and fair, the approach has built-in security measures to enable a buyer to verify that the license for sale is not faked/forged and that it is resalable before engaging in the payment process. In addition, the approach ensures fairness in a reselling process, i.e. the buyer will not get the license without making the due payment, and the reseller will not get the payment if he does not surrender the license. These properties are achieved through the use of a number of building blocks, including a License Revocation List (LRL), a digital token called Reselling Permission (RP) and a special contract signing protocol called Reselling Deal Signing (RDS) protocol. A security analysis of the method demonstrates that the approach is effective in thwart possible threats and attacks on license reselling.
Keywords :
data protection; digital rights management; protocols; DRM-protected contents; LRL; RDS; RP; built-in security measures; contract signing protocol; digital rights management; digital token; license reselling; license revocation list; multiple resale process; payment process; reselling deal signing protocol; reselling permission; security analysis; Cryptography; Hardware; Licenses; Protocols; Radio frequency;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Computer Engineering & Systems (ICCES), 2013 8th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cairo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0078-7
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICCES.2013.6707177
Filename :
6707177
Link To Document :
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