At 04:58 AM 8/6/04 -0700, Sarad AV wrote:
Since they are using symmetric keys, for a network of
'n' nodes, each node need to know the secret key that
they share with the remaining (n-1) nodes.Total number
of symmetric keys that need to be distributed is
[n*(n-1)]/2. Key management is harder when
hi,
Since they are using symmetric keys, for a network of
'n' nodes, each node need to know the secret key that
they share with the remaining (n-1) nodes.Total number
of symmetric keys that need to be distributed is
[n*(n-1)]/2. Key management is harder when they
network gets larger.
Sarath.
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