Abstract
Personal Network (PN) is an emerging computer networking concept where
security and privacy of communications as well as user centricity are
emphasised. In this article we put forward a novel web service called Personal
Network Directory Service (PNDS) that provides user authentication in the
Internet by acting as a trusted third party and certificate store. This is
required to facilitate authenticated inter-PN communications. In addition, we
propose a method for building PN federations where a group of PNDS users share
a secure virtual packet network. We demonstrate via concrete screenshots how
user creates a PNDS account, gets a PN certificate, and finally joins a PN
federation.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 85-92 |
Journal | Telektronikk |
Volume | 103 |
Issue number | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 2007 |
MoE publication type | D1 Article in a trade journal |
Keywords
- personal networks
- networks
- personal certificate
- single sign-on
- web service