1. Global Permission Derivation Chain: Granting and Revoking Permissions Using a Distributed Ledger Open Access Author: Steward, Michael Title: Global Permission Derivation Chain: Granting and Revoking Permissions Using a Distributed Ledger Graduate Program: Computer Science and Engineering Keywords: BlockchainPKIPublic Key InfrastructureBitcoinAccess ControlMerkle TreesBloom FiltersDILHyperledgerHyperledger FabricDistributed ApplicationsMQTTActiveMQDistributed LedgerDistributed Ledger TechnologyDLTDisconnected Intermittent Low-Bandwidth File: Download Steward_MS_Thesis_final.pdf Committee Members: Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorChitaranjan Das, Program Head/ChairGang Tan, Committee Member