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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2010
Applicants:
Ayan Roy-chowdhury, Silver Spring, MD (US);
John S. Baras, Potomac, MD (US);
Inventors:
Ayan Roy-Chowdhury, Silver Spring, MD (US);
John S. Baras, Potomac, MD (US);
Assignee:
University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for authentication is provided. A central node for issuing certificates to a plurality of nodes associated with the central node in a network is also provided. The central node receives a first key from at least one node from among the plurality of nodes and generates a second key based on the received first key and generates a certificate for the at least one node. The generated certificate is transmitted to the at least one node.