The Amoeba group communication system has two unique aspects: (1) it uses a sequencer-based protocol with negative acknowledgements for achieving a total order on all group messag...
We present a hybrid group key management protocol that incorporates both a centralized and a contributory scheme for key management, and a tree-based Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman...
A group key agreement protocol (GKA) allows a set of players to establish a shared secret key which can be used to secure a subsequent communication. Several efficient constantrou...
A conference key protocol allows a group of participants to establish a secret communication (conference) key so that all their communications thereafter are protected by the key. ...
One of the prerequisites for information society is secure and reliable communication among computing systems. Accordingly, network security appliances become key components of inf...