An efficient key management approach for multicasting supported networks

The proper key management for the multicasting supported networks is one of the most important considerations to maintain the security of the network while reducing the overhead and storage requirements. The multicasting is used for communicating with a group of users from large number of users the most common application of the multicasting internet TV and online streaming. This paper presents a simple, efficient and secure technique for key generation, distribution and storage for multicasting networks. Finally the proposed algorithm is simulated using mat-lab and compared with standard key management algorithm. The analysis of the simulated results shows that the proposed algorithm performs well.