Cryptographic solution to a problem of access control in a hierarchy

ACM Transactions on Computer Systems (TOCS)

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1983, Pages 239-248

  Akl, Selim G ^a   Taylor, Peter D ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cryptography; key; multilevel security; symmetric and asymmetric cryptosystems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976752387     PISSN: 07342071     EISSN: 15577333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/357369.357372     Document Type: Article

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