Distributed Private Key Generator for ID-Based Public Key Infrastructure

Springer papers

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Abstract

We recognize the need of certicateless PKI to reduce the step of obtaining the public key. This leads to ID-Based cryptography where we have PKI with full power to generate private keys for any identity. We solve this problem by implementing distributed key generation to form a group of players which will act as private key generator for ID-Based PKI. The implementation is done on the Android platform, showing the possibilities of running PKI on cheap and widely available hardware.

Keywords

distributed key generation, ID-Based cryptography, PKI, imple- mentation, Android