A Blockchain-Based Mutual Authentication Scheme for Collaborative Edge Computing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22107156 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Guanjie Cheng (0000-0003-2080-3903, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology), Yan Chen (0000-0003-4119-9688, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology), Shuiguang Deng (0000-0001-5015-6095, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology), Honghao Gao (0000-0001-6861-9684, Shanghai University of Engineering Science), Jianwei Yin (0000-0003-4703-7348, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 146-158 |
| Publication date | 2022-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2329-924X • E-ISSN: 2373-7476 |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1109/tcss.2021.3056540 |
| OpenAlex | W3135398899 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 25 |
With the ever-increasing requirements of delay-sensitive and mission-critical applications, it becomes a popular research trend to incorporate edge computing in the Internet of Things (IoT) to mitigate the pressure of traditional cloud-based IoT architecture. Edge computing delivers real-time computations and communications for IoT devices by leveraging edge servers deployed close to users, which creates a collaborative edge computing (CEC) paradigm. The capacity of edge servers is beneficial but risky, as vulnerable servers can be exploited to conduct surveillance or perform other nefarious activities. Besides, fake IoT devices would bring security threats and compromise the IoT system. This highlights the necessity of designing a secure and efficient mutual authentication scheme for CEC. In this direction, related works have proposed various authentication mechanisms, but most of them are found unfit due to the absence of decentralization, anonymity, and mobility. Motivated by this fact, we propose a blockchain-based mutual authentication scheme that bridges these gaps. Specifically, blockchain, certificateless cryptography, elliptic curve cryptography, and pseudonym-based cryptography are integrated into our scheme to provide mutual authentication between edge servers and IoT devices. Except for static conditions, both intraedge and interedge authentication are considered. Besides, we elaborate on the key generation procedures and design a session key negotiation mechanism. Extensive experiments and security analyses have been conducted to show the feasibility of the proposed scheme
Cloud computing · Computer network · Computer security · Cryptography · Distributed computing · Edge computing · Elliptic curve cryptography · Encryption · Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution · Internet of Things · Mobile edge computing · Mutual authentication · Public-key cryptography · Server · Session key · Telecommunications · Advanced Authentication Protocols Security · Blockchain Technology Applications and Security · Computer Science · User Authentication and Security Systems
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |