A variety of modern technologies such as networks, Internet, and electronic services demand private and secure communications for a great number of everyday transactions. Security ...
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...
In an ad hoc network, mobile computers (or nodes) cooperate to forward packets for each other, allowing nodes to communicate beyond their direct wireless transmission range. Many ...
Distribution of product updates to embedded devices can increase product lifetimes for consumers and boost revenues for vendors. Dynamic provisioning of application solutions to e...
Establishing trust between a group of individuals remains a difficult problem. Prior works assume trusted infrastructure, require an individual to trust unknown entities, or provi...