Annals of Emerging Technologies in Computing (AETiC)

 
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A Survey of Distributed Certificate Authorities in MANETs

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


Abstract: 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.


Keywords: Component; Certificate Authority; Key management; DCA; Distributed Certificate Management.


 
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