Network-Aware Security for Group Communications

Group-oriented communications will play a significant role in the next generation of networks as many services, such as pay-per-view media broadcasts and the delivery of network control messages, will rely upon the ability to reliably deliver data simultaneously to a large group of users. As these networks become increasingly pervasive and these multi-user services become increasingly ubiquitous, it will become essential that a complementary suite of security solutions are deployed in order to protect these services from a broad spectrum of security threats that are unique to group communications.

This book aims to fill a growing need in the research community for a reference that describes the state of the art in securing group communications. Network-Aware Security for Group Communications focuses on tailoring the security solution to the underlying network architecture (such as the wireless cellular network or the ad hoc/sensor network), or to the application using the security methods (such as multimedia multicasts).

Fills a growing need in the research community for a reference that describes the state of the art in securing group communications Focuses on tailoring the security solution to the underlying network architecture or to the application using the security methods (such as multimedia multicasts) Covers the two fundamental security issues for group communications: providing efficient key management for providing confidentiality, and providing authentication for group services Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Klappentext

Network-Aware Security for Group Communications fills a growing need in the research community for a reference that describes the state-of-the-art in securing group communications in emerging networks and for future applications. The growth of multi-user services makes it essential that a complementary suite of security solutions are deployed in order to protect these services from a broad spectrum of security threats that are unique to group communications. This book is focused on tailoring security solutions to the underlying network architecture (such as the wireless cellular network, or ad hoc and sensor networks), or to targeted applications using methods tailored for that application (such as multimedia multicasts). The authors focus the discussion on two fundamental security issues for group communications: providing efficient key management for providing confidentiality, and providing authentication for group services.

Inhalt
Centralized Multi-user Key Management.- Group Key Agreement Techniques in Heterogeneous Networks.- Optimizing Rekeying Costs in Group Key Agreement.- Optimizing Multicast Key Management for Cellular Multicasting.- Key Management and Distribution for Securing Multimedia Multicasts.- Hierarchical Access Control for Multi-Group Scenarios.- Protecting Membership Information in Secure Multicasting.- Reducing Delay and Enhancing DoS Resistance in Multicast Authentication.- An Authentication Service for Sensor and Ad Hoc Networks.