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Masters Theses
Date of Award
8-1997
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Major
Computer Science
Major Professor
Tom Dunigan
Committee Members
Stephen Batsell, David Straight
Abstract
This thesis describes an architecture and implementation for doing group key management over a data communications network. The Group Key Management Sample application protocol (GKMS) establishes a shared encryption key among authenticated and authorized collection of network entities. GKMS uses a rimple public key infrastructure for authentication and authorization and uses multicast for rekeying and compromise recovery. An application programming interface multiplexes key management and user application messages. An imple-mentation of GKMS is described and evaluated.
Recommended Citation
Cao, Cathy Xiaoqing, "Group key management architectures. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 1997.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/10480