journal article·2019-05-18Open access

Identity Management and Access Control Based on Blockchain under Edge Computing for the Industrial Internet of Things

Yongjun Ren, Fujian Zhu, Jian Qi, Jin Wang, Arun Kumar Sangaiah

Applied Sciences· Volume 9· Issue 10

Abstract

Edge computing provides a unified platform for computing, networking, and storage resources, enabling data to be processed in a timely and efficient manner near the source. Thus, it has become the basic platform for industrial Internet of things (IIoT). However, computing′s unique features have also introduced new security problems. To solve the problem, in this paper, blockchain-based identity management combining access control mechanism is designed under edge computing. The self-certified cryptography is utilized to realize the registration and authentication of network entities. We bind the generated implicit certificate to its identity and construct the identity and certificate management mechanism based on blockchain. Secondly, an access control mechanism based on Bloom filter is designed and integrated with identity management. Moreover, for secure communication in resource-constrained edge devices, a lightweight secret key agreement protocol based on self-authenticated public key is constructed. These mechanisms work together to provide data security guarantees for IIoT such as authentication, auditability, and confidentiality.
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: IoT and Edge/Fog Computing · Blockchain Technology Applications and Security · Cloud Data Security Solutions

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Affiliations

School of Computer and Software, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China

Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology (CICAEET), Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China

School of Computer & Communication Engineering, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha 410004, China

School of Information Science and Engineering, Fujian University of Technology, Fujian 350118, China

School of Computing Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Tamil Nadu, Vellore 632014, India

Funding

NSFC

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