The first edition of this book was published in 2003. Inevitably, certain parts of the book
became outdated quickly. At the same time new developments have continued apace …

Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) are wireless self-organizing networks, whose
communication is conducted through open wireless channels, thus making it vulnerable to …

Group key agreement (shorten as GKA) protocol enables a group of users to negotiate a one-
time session key and protect the thereafter group-oriented communication with this session …

Group authenticated key agreements (GAKAs) for an Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)
enable medical sensor devices to authenticate each other and agree upon a common …

Anonymous authentication is a critical step in safeguarding vehicle privacy and security in
VANETs. VANETs connected with blockchain are gaining popularity as a means to increase …

In this paper, we present and analyze a variant of Burmester-Desmedt group key agreement
protocol (BD) and enhance it to dynamic setting where a set of users can leave or join the …

Modern collaborative and group-oriented applications typically involve communications over
open networks. Given the openness of today's networks, communications among group …

In the past several years, there has been an increasing trend in the use of Radio Frequency
Identification (RFID) and Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) as well as in the integration of …

Public key encryption with keyword search (PEKS) is a mechanism that allows one to extract
e-mails containing a particular keyword by providing a trapdoor corresponding to the …

A group key agreement protocol allows a set of users to establish a common session key
over an open network. A dynamic contributory group key agreement (DCGKA) protocol …