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Table 1 Comparison of properties on cryptography system

From: A study on the integrity and authentication of weather observation data using Identity Based Encryption

 

PKI

Symmetric

IBE

Key generation

Difficult

Easy

Easy

Key hijack

Difficult

Easy

Difficult

Key distribution

Difficult

Easy

Easy

Key management

Difficult

Easy

Easy

Dev. convenience

Low

High

Middle

Applicability

Low

High

Middle

Performance

Low

High

Middle