• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.17 no.9
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• pp.2063-2072
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• 2013

Smart Grid is the next-generation intelligent power grid that maximizes energy efficiency with the convergence of IT technologies and the existing power grid. It enables consumers to check power rates in real time for active power consumption. It also enables suppliers to measure their expected power generation load, which stabilizes the operation of the power system. However, there are high possibility that various kinds of security threats such as data exposure, data theft, and privacy invasion may occur in interactive communication with intelligent devices. Therefore, to establish a secure environment for responding to such security threat with the smart grid, the key management technique, which is the core of the development of a security mechanism, is required. Using a hash chain, this paper suggests a group key management mechanism that is efficiently applicable to the smart grid environment with its hierarchical structure, and analyzes the security and efficiency of the suggested group key management framework.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.17 no.11
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• pp.107-116
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• 2012

In this paper we propose a method that can generate the risk probability map in the form of raster shape by using Markov Chain methodology applied to the object interpretation keys and quantified risk indexes. These object interpretation keys, which are primarily characteristics that can be identified by the naked eye, are set based on the objects that comprise the spatial information of a certain urban area. Each key is divided into a cell, and then is weighted by its own risk index. These keys in turn are used to generate the unified risk probability map using various levels of crime prediction probability maps. The risk probability map may vary over time and means of applying different sets of object interpretation keys. Therefore, this method can be used to prevent crimes by providing the ways of setting up the best possible police patrol beat as well as the optimal arrangement of surveillance equipments.

• Review of KIISC
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.49-56
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• 2023

양자 컴퓨터의 기술이 발전됨에 따라 Shor 알고리즘과 Grover 알고리즘을 통해 기존의 공개키, 대칭키 및 해시 암호체계에 위협을 줄 수 있다. RSA 및 ECC 암호체계는 Shor 알고리즘에 의해 다항시간 내에 해독이 가능해진다. 이러한 보안위협의 증가로 양자내성의 성질을 지닌 양자내성암호가 주목받고 있으며 양자내성 전자서명을 블록체인의 전자서명에 적용하기 위한 다양한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 양자내성암호를 블록체인의 전자서명에 적용하는 연구동향에 대해 설명한다.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartD
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• v.12D no.3 s.99
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• pp.499-506
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• 2005

A hash chain is a structure organized by hash function with high speed in computation. Systems using the hash chain are using extensively in various cryptography applications such as one-time passwords, server-supported signatures and micropayments. However, the most hash chain based on the system using pre-paid method provides anonymity but has the problem to increase payment cost. In this paper, we propose a new hash chain based on the micropayment system to keep user anonymity safe through blind signature in the withdrawal process of the root value without disclosing privacy information, and to improve efficiency by using secret key instead of public key in the system without the role of certificate.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.59-67
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• 2003

PMI(Privilege Management Infrastructure) certificates as well as Public-Key certificates must be validated before being used. Validation for a PMI certificate requires PMI certificate path validation, and PKC(Public-Key Certificate) path validations for each entity in the PMI certificate path. This validation work is quite complex and burdened to PMI certificate verifiers. Therefore, this paper suggests a delegated PMI certificate validation that uses specialized validation server, and defines a validation protocol which is used between validation server and client.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.604-612
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• 2019

PKI Internet banking is used to have users register their public keys with the banking server together with the identity information, and verify the signature for both user and transaction authentications by using the registered public keys. Although the Blockchain-based financial systems such as Bitcoin adopt similar digital signature-based authentication scheme, there is no server that participants can register public keys with because they perform P2P payment transactions. The purpose of this paper is to identify the advantages and disadvantages of the Blockchain-based payment transactions by analyzing the differences between the most common PKI Internet banking and Blockchain payment systems. Based on the analysis, this paper suggests the issues that need to be enhanced from the aspects of architecture and security in order for Blockchain payment transaction systems to be applied universally.

• Journal of KIISE:Information Networking
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.462-470
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• 2005

A hash chain is highly efficient and attractive structure to use in electronic cash. Previous systems using hash chain are used extensively in various cryptography applications such as one-time passwords, server-supported signatures and microments. However, The most hash chain based systems using fro-paid method provide anonymity but have the problem to increase payment cost. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a new hash chain based microment system which improves efficiency using session key and guarantees user anonymity through blind signature in the withdrawal process of the root value without disclosing privacy Information.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.33 no.8C
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• pp.633-641
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• 2008

Since WSNs encounter attacks, such as jamming or eavesdropping without physical access occurs, security is one of the important requirements for WSNs. The key pre-distribution scheme that was recently researched for advance of security in WSNs distributes the keys and probability with the use of q-composite random key pre-distribution method, but there is a high probability that no key shared between sensor nodes, and it takes a lot of time and energy to find out the shared key. Therefore, it is not suitable for WSNs. In order to enhance stability of a node that plays a role of gateway without depending on probabilistic key, this paper proposesa key pre-distribution scheme combined with random key pre-distribution scheme and double hash chain. Since the proposed scheme can maintain a small storage place and strong security strengths, it is more efficient than the existing schemes with the same security strengths. In addition, since it uses a small size of key generation key set, it can reduce a great deal of storage overhead.

• KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems
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• v.9 no.12
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• pp.307-314
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• 2020

The video surveillance service is being widely deployed around our lives and the service stores sensitive data such as video streams in the cloud over the Internet or the centralized data store in an on-premise environment. The main concerning of these services is that the user should trust the service provider how secure the video or data is stored and handled without any concrete evidence. In this paper, we proposed the approach to protecting video by PKI (public key infrastructure) with a blockchain network. The video is encrypted by a symmetric key, then the key is shared through a blockchain network with taking advantage of the PKI mechanism. Therefore, the user can ensure the sensitive data is always kept secure and traceable in its lifecycle.

• Information Display
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.12-20
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• 2012