Access control in user hierarchy based on elliptic curve cryptosystem

Information Sciences

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 230-243

  Chung, Yu Fang ^a   Lee, Hsiu Hui ^b   Lai, Feipei ^b   Chen, Tzer Shyong ^c  

^a CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Access control; Elliptic curve cryptosystem; Key management; User hierarchy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRYPTOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ELLIPTIC CURVE CRYPTOSYSTEM; KEY MANAGEMENT; USER HIERARCHY;

ACCESS CONTROL;

EID: 34948898634     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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