Secure distribution and access of XML documents. (3rd April 2006)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhang, Junqi; Varadharajan, Vijay; Mu, Yi
• Is Part Of: International journal of high performance computing and networking. Volume 3:Number 5/6(2005)
• Page Start: 356
• Page End: 365
• Publication Date: 2006-04-03
• Subjects: access control -- encryption -- key distribution -- secure XML documents -- secure distribution -- document security -- document protection -- internet -- secure key management; High performance computing -- Periodicals; Computer networks -- Periodicals; High performance computing; Periodicals; 004.05
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1740-0562

Abstract

XML has been widely used for representation and storage of documents and their exchange over the internet. Security mechanisms for the protection of XML document sources and their distribution are essential. In this paper, we present a novel scheme for securing XML documents and their distribution over the internet. The proposed scheme has some distinct features. It requires only one private key for each user. Therefore, when a user leaves or joins the system, keys of all the other existing users in the system remain unchanged. This makes the proposed scheme more attractive, and hence particularly suitable for the dynamic distribution of documents over the internet.