Identity crisis: on the problem of namespace design for ID‐PKC and MANETs
Shane Balfe, Andrew D. McDonald, Kenneth G. Paterson, Helen Phillips · Security and Communication Networks · 2009
Abstract In this paper, we explore the ‘interface’ between identity‐based public key cryptography (ID‐PKC) and mobilead hocnetworks (MANETs). In particular, we examine the problem of naming and namespace design in an identity‐based key infrastructure (IKI). We examine the potential impact that different types of identifiers may have on the utility ofad hocnetworks where an IKI provides the underlying key infrastructure. We also highlight a number of open problems inherent in extending namespaces to allow inter‐operability amongst heterogeneous trust domains. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.