Applicability of identity-based cryptography for disruption-tolerant networking

N. Asokan; Kari Kostiainen; Philip Ginzboorg; Jörg Ott; Cheng Luo

doi:10.1145/1247694.1247705

Applicability of identity-based cryptography for disruption-tolerant networking

N. Asokan^*, Kari Kostiainen, Philip Ginzboorg, Jörg Ott, Cheng Luo

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Traditional approaches for communication security do not work well in disruption- and delay-tolerant networks (DTNs). Recently, the use of identity-based cryptography (IBC) has been proposed as one way to help solve some of the DTN security issues. We analyze the applicability of IBC in this context and conclude that for authentication and integrity, IBC has no significant advantage over traditional cryptography, but it can indeed enable better ways of providing confidentiality. Additionally, we show a way of bootstrapping the needed security associations for IBC use from an existing authentication infrastructure.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	MobiOpp'07
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the First International MobiSys Workshop on Mobile Opportunistic Networking
Publisher	ACM
Pages	52-56
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	1595936882, 9781595936882
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1247694.1247705
Publication status	Published - 2007
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	International MobiSys Workshop on Mobile Opportunistic Networking - San Juan, Puerto Rico Duration: 11 Jun 2007 → 11 Jun 2007 Conference number: 1

Workshop

Workshop	International MobiSys Workshop on Mobile Opportunistic Networking
Abbreviated title	MobiOpp
Country/Territory	Puerto Rico
City	San Juan
Period	11/06/2007 → 11/06/2007

Keywords

Disruption- and delay-tolerant networking
Identity-based cryptography
Initializing security

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Asokan, N, Kostiainen, K, Ginzboorg, P, Ott, J & Luo, C 2007, Applicability of identity-based cryptography for disruption-tolerant networking. in MobiOpp'07: Proceedings of the First International MobiSys Workshop on Mobile Opportunistic Networking. ACM, pp. 52-56, International MobiSys Workshop on Mobile Opportunistic Networking, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 11/06/2007. https://doi.org/10.1145/1247694.1247705

Applicability of identity-based cryptography for disruption-tolerant networking. / Asokan, N.; Kostiainen, Kari; Ginzboorg, Philip et al.
MobiOpp'07: Proceedings of the First International MobiSys Workshop on Mobile Opportunistic Networking. ACM, 2007. p. 52-56.

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