Generation of Shorter Length Keys for Broadcast and Multicast Services Using 2-way Hash Chain Schemes
Shweta M. Kulkarni1, Shubhada S. Kulkarni2

1Ms. Shweta M. Kulkarni, M Tech IV SEM Gogte Institute of Technology Belgaum-590008, Karnataka, India.
2Shubhada S. Kulkarni, Gogte Institute of Technology, Belgaum 590008, Karnataka, India.
Manuscript received on September 15, 2013. | Revised Manuscript Received on September 20, 2013. | Manuscript published on September 20, 2013. | PP: 17-19 | Volume-1, Issue-10, September 2013. | Retrieval Number: J03100911013/2013©BEIESP
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Abstract: Broadcasting is the distribution of message to dispersed audience via communicating channels. Whereas, multicasting refers to sending of message to a selected group. Key management for multicast and broadcast services has difficulty to find an appropriate security mechanism because, a very high number of users consume data simultaneously. Thus our project is focused on new Key Management Scheme, called 2-way Hash Chains Scheme (2HCS), that focus on the reduction of transmission overhead caused above and thus, effectively reduces the number and the size of keying messages.
Keywords: Communication system security, multimedia systems, security, hash function.