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The Future Internet: A World of Secret Shares

Authors :
William J. Buchanan
David Lanc
Elochukwu Ukwandu
Lu Fan
Gordon Russell
Owen Lo
Source :
Future Internet, Vol 7, Iss 4, Pp 445-464 (2015)
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2015.

Abstract

The Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is crumbling, partially due to the lack of a strong understanding of how encryption actually works, but also due to weaknesses in its implementation. This paper outlines an Internet storage technique using secret sharing methods which could be used to overcome the problems inherent with PKI, while supporting new types of architectures incorporating such things as automated failover and break-glass data recovery. The paper outlines a novel architecture: SECRET, which supports a robust cloud-based infrastructure with in-built privacy and failover. In order to understand the performance overhead of SECRET, the paper outlines a range of experiments that investigate the overhead of this and other secret share methods.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
19995903
Volume :
7
Issue :
4
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Future Internet
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.89e58938312542a086a2d2585cfc4e2c
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/fi7040445