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Creating Virtual Hierarchy in Peer-to-Peer PKI to Simplify Certificate Path Discovery

by Balachandra Muniyal, Prema K.v, Sushma Nayak
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 41 - Number 9
Year of Publication: 2012
Authors: Balachandra Muniyal, Prema K.v, Sushma Nayak
10.5120/5567-7655

Balachandra Muniyal, Prema K.v, Sushma Nayak . Creating Virtual Hierarchy in Peer-to-Peer PKI to Simplify Certificate Path Discovery. International Journal of Computer Applications. 41, 9 ( March 2012), 7-12. DOI=10.5120/5567-7655

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author = { Balachandra Muniyal, Prema K.v, Sushma Nayak },
title = { Creating Virtual Hierarchy in Peer-to-Peer PKI to Simplify Certificate Path Discovery },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { March 2012 },
volume = { 41 },
number = { 9 },
month = { March },
year = { 2012 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 7-12 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume41/number9/5567-7655/ },
doi = { 10.5120/5567-7655 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
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%T Creating Virtual Hierarchy in Peer-to-Peer PKI to Simplify Certificate Path Discovery
%J International Journal of Computer Applications
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%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

Peer-to-Peer Public Key Infrastructure (also called Mesh PKI) architecture is one of the most popular PKI trust models that is widely used in Mobile Ad-hoc networks(MANETs), but certificate path verification is very complex since there are multiple paths between users and the certification path is bidirectional. Unlike a Hierarchical PKI, in Mesh PKI, building a certificate path from a user's certificate to a trust point is nondeterministic. Certificate Path verification in Hierarchical PKI is simple and straightforward. In this paper, a novel method to establish a virtual hierarchy in Mesh PKI to simplify the certificate path discovery is proposed.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Hierarchical Pki Manet Certification Authority (ca) Web Of Trust Certificate Graph