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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2008
Shih-i Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Shiuh-pyng Shieh, Hsinchu, TW;
Sheng-ming Chang, Hsinchu, TW;
Chi-wei Wang, Hsinchu, TW;
Shih-I Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Shiuh-Pyng Shieh, Hsinchu, TW;
Sheng-Ming Chang, Hsinchu, TW;
Chi-Wei Wang, Hsinchu, TW;
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method for authenticating a message in a network is provided. The method includes a step of generating, in a sink device, a private key and a public key. The private key includes a plurality of sub-private keys. The method further includes a step of generating, in the sink device, a signature for the message. The signature includes a sub-private key and an authentication path associated with the sub-private key in a hash tree. The hash tree is constructed during the generation of the sub-public keys.