%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