Weakly Secure Data Exchange with Generalized Reed Solomon Codes Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • We focus on secure data exchange among a group of wireless clients. The clients exchange data by broadcasting linear combinations of packets over a lossless channel. The data exchange is performed in the presence of an eavesdropper who has access to the channel and can obtain all transmitted data. Our goal is to develop a weakly secure coding scheme that prevents the eavesdropper from being able to decode any of the original packets held by the clients. We present a randomized algorithm based on Generalized Reed-Solomon (GRS) codes. The algorithm has two key advantages over the previous solutions: it operates over a small (polynomial-size) finite field and provides a way to verify that constructed code is feasible. In contrast, the previous approaches require exponential field size and do not provide an efficient (polynomial-time) algorithm to verify the secrecy properties of the constructed code. We formulate an algebraic-geometric conjecture that implies the correctness of our algorithm and prove its validity for special cases. Our simulation results indicate that the algorithm is efficient in practical settings. 2014 IEEE.

name of conference

  • 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory

published proceedings

  • 2014 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INFORMATION THEORY (ISIT)

author list (cited authors)

  • Yan, M., Sprintson, A., & Zelenko, I.

citation count

  • 34

complete list of authors

  • Yan, Muxi||Sprintson, Alex||Zelenko, Igor

publication date

  • January 2014