%0 Journal Article
	%A Yacine Challal and  Hamida Seba
	%D 2008
	%J International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 22, 2008
	%T Group Key Management Protocols: A Novel Taxonomy
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/11804
	%V 22
	%X Group key management is an important functional
building block for any secure multicast architecture.
Thereby, it has been extensively studied in the literature.
In this paper we present relevant group key management
protocols. Then, we compare them against some pertinent
performance criteria.
	%P 3620 - 3633