A robust and flexible digital rights management system for home networks

  • Authors:
  • Heeyoul Kim;Younho Lee;Yongsu Park

  • Affiliations:
  • Kyonggi University, Republic of Korea;Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Yeungnam University, Republic of Korea;Hanyang University, Republic of Korea

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Systems and Software
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

A robust and flexible Digital Rights Management system for home networks is presented. In the proposed system, the central authority delegates its authorization right to the local manager in a home network by issuing a proxy certificate, and the local manager flexibly controls the access rights of home devices on digital contents with its proxy certificate. Furthermore, the proposed system provides a temporary accessing facility for external devices and achieves strong privacy for home devices. For the validation of delegated rights and the revocation of compromised local managers, a hybrid mechanism combining OCSP validation and periodic renewal of proxy certificates is also presented.