A Survey of Distributed Certificate Authorities in MANETs

Annals of Emerging Technologies in Computing

Junaid Chaudhry ; Kashif Saleem ; Paul Haskell-Dowland ; Mahdi H. Miraz

关键词: Component;    Certificate Authority;    Key management;    DCA;    Distributed Certificate Management;   

学科分类：电子与电气工程

来源: International Association for Educators and Researchers (IAER)

【 摘 要 】

A Certificate Authority (CA) provides the critical authentication and security services for Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) which are used for the Internet and wired networks. In MANETs (wireless and ad hoc) there is an inability to offer a centralized CA to provide these security services. Recent research has looked to facilitate the use of CAs within MANETs through the use of a Distributed Certificate Authority (DCA) for wireless and ad hoc networks. This paper presents a number of different types of DCA protocols and categorizes them into groups based on their factors and specifications. The paper concludes by proposing the best DCA security services in terms of performance and level of security.

【 授权许可】

CC BY