Peter Mell

Publications

Smart Contract Federated Identity Management without Third Party Authentication Services

March 28, 2019

Author(s):

Peter M. Mell, James F. Dray Jr., James Shook

Federated identity management enables users to access multiple systems using a single login credential. However, to achieve this a complex authentication has...

Blockchain Technology Overview

October 03, 2018

Author(s):

Dylan J. Yaga, Peter M. Mell, Nik Roby, Karen Scarfone

Blockchains are tamper evident and tamper resistant digital ledgers implemented in a distributed fashion (i.e., without a central repository) and usually...

Managed Blockchain Based Cryptocurrencies with Consensus Enforced Rules and Transparency

September 06, 2018

Author(s):

Peter M. Mell

Blockchain based cryptocurrencies are usually unmanaged, distributed, consensus-based systems in which no single entity has control. Managed cryptocurrencies...

Quantifying Information Exposure in Internet Routing

September 06, 2018

Author(s):

Peter M. Mell, Assane Gueye, Christopher A. Schanzle

Data sent over the Internet can be monitored and manipulated by intermediate entities in the data path from the source to the destination. For unencrypted...

Cryptocurrency Smart Contracts for Distributed Consensus of Public Randomness

October 07, 2017

Author(s):

Peter M. Mell, John M. Kelsey, James Shook

Most modern electronic devices can produce a random number. However, it is dicult to see how a group of mutually distrusting entities can have con dence...