An efficient and secure event signature (EASES) protocol for peer-to-peer massively multiplayer online games

Computer Networks

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1838-1845

  Chan, Mo Che ^a   Hu, Shun Yun ^a   Jiang, Jehn Ruey ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cheat proof; Hash chain; MMOG; One time signature; Peer to peer

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SECURITY OF DATA; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EFFICIENT AND SECURE EVENT SIGNATURE (EASES); ONE TIME SIGNATURE; ONLINE GAMES;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 43649102584     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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