International Journal of Network Security & Its Applications (IJNSA) - ERA, WJCI Indexed

International Journal of Network Security & Its Applications (IJNSA) - ERA, WJCI Indexed

ISSN: 0974 - 9330 (Online); 0975 - 2307 (Print)

Webpage URL: https://airccse.org/journal/ijnsa.html

Certificate Less Key Management Scheme in Manet Using Threshold Cryptography

Shaheena Khatoonand Balwant Singh Thakur, Pt.Ravishankar Shukla University, India

Abstract

In mobile adhoc networks (MANETs) an efficient and secure key management scheme is extremely crucial. Key management schemes for MANETs are mainly based on identity-based public key cryptography (IDPKC) or certificate-based public key cryptography, both of which has their inherit problem. The ID-PKC has the key escrow problem and certificate based cryptography have a high computational costs of certificates deployment. In this paper, we present a distributed key management scheme, in which a combination of certificate less public key cryptography (CL-PKC) and threshold cryptography is employed. The scheme proposed in this paper not only achieves several enhanced security attributes for key management in MANET but also eliminates the need for certificate-based public key distribution and the key escrow problem efficiently.

Keywords

Key Management, MANETs, Key Escrow, Certificate less Cryptography, Threshold Cryptography

Original Source URL: https://airccse.org/journal/nsa/7215nsa04.pdf

Volume URL: https://airccse.org/journal/jnsa15_current.html