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    Key management in multi-distributor based DRM system with mobile clients using IBE


    Dutta, Ratna, Dowling, Thomas and Mukhopadhyay, Sourav (2009) Key management in multi-distributor based DRM system with mobile clients using IBE. IEEE Sensors Journal. pp. 598-602.

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    Abstract

    Current Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems support only two-party systems, involving the package server and purchaser. However, for a scalable business model of transacting digital assets, a multi-party DRM system is often necessary which involves more than one distributors, who can promote and distribute the content in regions unknown to the package server. We propose a key management scheme for a DRM system that involves more than one distributors with the DRM client’s flexibility of choosing a distributor according to his own preference. For instance, a mobile DRM client may contact to a distribution server who is nearest to him by location or who offers promotions/discounts on the price or offers more commissions. In our scheme, the package server does not trust the distribution servers or the license server. The encrypted digital content sent by a package server can only be decrypted by the DRM client who has a valid license and is protected from attacks by other parties/servers in the system. Moreover, we use Identity-Based Encryption (IBE) that incurs less computation cost and storage as certificate managements are not necessary and certificate verifications are no longer needed. These features make our DRM system suitable for more effective business models/applications with the flexibility in deciding a wide range of business strategies as compared to the existing works.
    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: Cryptography; digital rights management; non controlled Indexing; IBE; certificate managements; digital content encryption; digital rights management; identity-based encryption; mobile DRM client; multi-distributor-based DRM system; multi-party DRM system; two-party systems;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Science and Engineering > Computer Science
    Item ID: 2311
    Depositing User: Dr. Tom Dowling
    Date Deposited: 15 Dec 2010 10:38
    Journal or Publication Title: IEEE Sensors Journal
    Publisher: IEEE Explore
    Refereed: Yes
    URI: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/2311
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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