Award Date
5-1-2019
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Computer Science
Department
Computer Science
First Committee Member
Yoohwan Kim
Second Committee Member
Ju-Yeon Jo
Third Committee Member
Justin Zhan
Fourth Committee Member
Brendan Morris
Number of Pages
79
Abstract
Our research proposes a solution to establishing a private group encryption channel so that users may communicate securely according to NSA security standards. There are many techniques that are used to establish a private encryption channel between two users, but there are no encryption protocols currently available that are built to establish a private communication channel with an unlimited amount of users at once via the open distributed blockchain. Our solution demonstrates how a web interface allows any individual to publish a Public Key, a Wallet Address, and an Email Address to a smart contract which enables a private group communication channel of any size to be securely established. A private group communication channel allows any type of private data to be transferred to a group of two or more users like encrypted files, personal data, customer data, proprietary data, and much more.
Keywords
Diffie-Hellman; Ethereum; Group communication; Private key; Private key exchange; Solidity
Disciplines
Computer Sciences
File Format
Degree Grantor
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Language
English
Repository Citation
Laney, Zachary Steven, "Private Group Communication in Blockchain Based on Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange" (2019). UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones. 3637.
http://dx.doi.org/10.34917/15778491
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