关键词: 数字时间戳, 不可靠网络, 可信平台模块, 滴答计数器

Abstract: The technology of Digital Time-Stamping (DTS) is widely used in digital signature, electronic commerce and patents and property right protection of various software and hardware. For some unreliable networks, of which the network situation is poor, the net speed changes greatly and the net links are usually intermittent, there is no necessary technological means to guarantee the normal and effective operation of DTS service. According to the characteristics of the unreliable networks, a new time-stamping scheme was proposed. In the scheme, it did not need to communicate with Time Stamp Authority (TSA) each time when a time-stamping service was required. The local trusted platform would offer the time-stamping service itself. A new DTS service protocol based on Trusted Platform Module (TPM) was also proposed under the circumstances of unreliable networks. The results of the security analysis of the protocol show that the protocol is secure and the time error in the protocol can be kept under control. The adaptability of the protocol for the unreliable network is excellent.

Key words: Digital Time-Stamping (DTS), unreliable network, Trusted Platform Module (TPM), tick-counter