<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Cryptographic key management needs utmost security in generating, exchanging, using, rekeying, storing of keys, being used for communication purposes. Successful key management is critical to the security of a cryptosystem. This paper presents a detailed survey on group key management and its challenges in network independent and network dependent approaches. The paper also focuses on the advantages, disadvantages and security vulnerabilities of these protocols.</p></abstract>

Cryptographic key management needs utmost security in generating, exchanging, using, rekeying, storing of keys, being used for communication purposes. Successful key management is critical to the security of a cryptosystem. This paper presents a detailed survey on group key management and its challenges in network independent and network dependent approaches. The paper also focuses on the advantages, disadvantages and security vulnerabilities of these protocols.

A Survey on Group Key Management Schemes

VIT University, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India

Cybernetics and Information Technologies

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Cryptographic key management needs utmost security in generating, exchanging, using, rekeying, storing of keys, being used for communication purposes....

A Survey on Group Key Management Schemes

Published Online: Oct 05, 2015

Page range: 3 - 25

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cait-2015-0038

Keywords
Group key, security, rekeying, multicast, key management

© R. Seetha et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

A Survey on Group Key Management Schemes

Published Online: Oct 05, 2015

Page range: 3 - 25

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cait-2015-0038

KeywordsGroup key, security, rekeying, multicast, key management

© R. Seetha et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Group key, security, rekeying, multicast, key management