"Scalable hierarchical group digital signatures" by Pinar Demircan
 

Masters Theses

Abstract

"Digital signatures have become the most secure and widely accepted electronic authentication technology in paperless communication. To fulfill the needs of various applications, different digital signature methods are proposed and implemented.

This research presents hierarchical group digital signature methods for a dynamic organization. The hierarchy of the organization is scalable up to 10 levels with 10 entities at each level. There are two main methods proposed and implemented based on the verification scheme of the digital signatures. In one method, verification is performed at each level. In the other method, verification is done only by the top-level entity. Ordinary security and fail-stop security are applied separately to each method. To increase the security of each scheme, expiration dates for the digital signatures are implemented"-- Abstract, p. iii

Advisor(s)

Miller, Ann K.

Committee Member(s)

Stanley, R. Joe
Weeks, William

Department(s)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Degree Name

M.S. in Electrical Engineering

Comments

Accompanying CD-ROM, available at Missouri S&T Library, contains "Java code files of all the signature generation and verification algorithms and methods and the Java code of the GUI".

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Publication Date

Spring 2004

Pagination

x, 81 pages, CD-ROM

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-80)

Rights

© 2004 Pinar Demircan, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Restricted Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

Digital signaturesComputer security

Thesis Number

T 8446

Print OCLC #

55477383

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