Secure buyer - seller watermarking protocol Zhang, Jun, Kou, Weidong and Fan, Kai 2006, Secure buyer - seller watermarking protocol, Information Security - IEEE Proceedings, vol. 153, no. 1, pp. 15-18, doi: 10.1049/ip-ifs:20055069. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads zhang-securebuyer-2006.pdf Published version application/pdf 149.08KB 451 Title Secure buyer - seller watermarking protocol Author(s) Zhang, Jun orcid.org/0000-0002-2189-7801 Kou, Weidong Fan, Kai Journal name Information Security - IEEE Proceedings Volume number 153 Issue number 1 Start page 15 End page 18 Publisher Institution of Engineering and Technology Place of publication Herts, England Publication date 2006-03 ISSN 1747-0722 Summary In the existing watermarking protocols, a trusted third party (TTP) is introduced to guarantee that a protocol is fair to both the seller and buyer in a digital content transaction. However, the TTP decreases the security and affects the protocol implementation. To address this issue, in this article a secure buyer–seller watermarking protocol without the assistance of a TTP is proposed in which there are only two participants, a seller and a buyer. Based on the idea of sharing a secret, a watermark embedded in digital content to trace piracy is composed of two pieces of secret information, one produced by the seller and one by the buyer. Since neither knows the exact watermark, the buyer cannot remove the watermark from watermarked digital content, and at the same time the seller cannot fabricate piracy to frame an innocent buyer. In other words, the proposed protocol can trace piracy and protect the customer’s rights. In addition, because no third party is introduced into the proposed protocol, the problem of a seller (or a buyer) colluding with a third party to cheat the buyer (or the seller), namely, the conspiracy problem, can be avoided. Notes This material is presented to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly and technical work. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by authors or by other copyright holders. All persons copying this information are expected to adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each author's copyright. In most cases, these works may not be reposted without the explicit permission of the copyright holder. Language eng DOI 10.1049/ip-ifs:20055069 Field of Research 080303 Computer System Security Socio Economic Objective 810107 National Security HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2006, IEE Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30039531 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Information Technology Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 26 Oct 2011, 12:48:02 EST Wed, 26 Oct 2011, 14:08:10 EST Wed, 26 Oct 2011, 14:12:45 EST Tue, 19 Jun 2012, 14:13:23 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 17:37:25 EST Sat, 17 Jun 2017, 03:08:39 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 10:53:46 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 15:33:32 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 59 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 511 Abstract Views, 451 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 26 Oct 2011, 12:48:01 EST