A Survey of Multicast Security Issues and Architectures

Abstract

This paper addresses issues relevant to implementing security for IP multicast networks. These issues are of importance to application developers wishing to implement security services for their multicast applications. The paper investigates the steps required to create a secure multicast session including issues of group membership and key distribution. A common simple criteria is established that can be used to evaluate multicast keying architectures. The criteria focuses on the efficiency and scalability of the keying solution. Using this criteria, several keying architectures are evaluated and compared to determine their strengths and weaknesses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA462625

Entities

People

  • Peter S. Kruus

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Authentication
  • Command And Control
  • Computations
  • Computer Access Control
  • Computer Networks
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Cryptography
  • Distribution Functions
  • Efficiency
  • Information Operations
  • Internet
  • Materials
  • Network Protocols
  • Networks
  • Routing Protocols
  • Security Protocols
  • Transport Protocols

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

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