Privacy Enhancement Scheme (PES) in a Blockchain-Edge Computing Environment
With the public key being the parameter users are mostly addressed by on blockchain network, an intruder can connect transactional patterns to the public key and make a probable revelation of the identity of the user. Due to the diversity in approaches in achieving privacy, integrating the principle...
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| description | With the public key being the parameter users are mostly addressed by on blockchain network, an intruder can connect transactional patterns to the public key and make a probable revelation of the identity of the user. Due to the diversity in approaches in achieving privacy, integrating the principle of transparency in any blockchain - edge computing platform will present some structural security challenges. Thus, an attempt should be made to achieve confidentiality whilst not eliminating a key principle of blockchain - transparency. Based on elliptic curve cryptosystem (ECC), we present a privacy-aware scheme that preserves the privacy details of the user in a blockchain-edge computing environment based on a combination of randomly generated public keys and digital signatures. The resilience and practicality of our scheme were tested on AVISPA and NS2 respectively. The results indicated our scheme was robust against attacks, efficient and low on computation resources of edge devices. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b205ab9569d04a32843c429e21164fa32022-12-21T20:19:29ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362020-01-018258632587610.1109/ACCESS.2020.29686218966296Privacy Enhancement Scheme (PES) in a Blockchain-Edge Computing EnvironmentBonnah Ernest0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7170-8936Ju Shiguang1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6839-4489School of Computer Science and Communication Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, ChinaSchool of Computer Science and Communication Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, ChinaWith the public key being the parameter users are mostly addressed by on blockchain network, an intruder can connect transactional patterns to the public key and make a probable revelation of the identity of the user. Due to the diversity in approaches in achieving privacy, integrating the principle of transparency in any blockchain - edge computing platform will present some structural security challenges. Thus, an attempt should be made to achieve confidentiality whilst not eliminating a key principle of blockchain - transparency. Based on elliptic curve cryptosystem (ECC), we present a privacy-aware scheme that preserves the privacy details of the user in a blockchain-edge computing environment based on a combination of randomly generated public keys and digital signatures. The resilience and practicality of our scheme were tested on AVISPA and NS2 respectively. The results indicated our scheme was robust against attacks, efficient and low on computation resources of edge devices.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8966296/Privacypublic keyblockchainlocation contextedge computing paradigm |
| spellingShingle | Bonnah Ernest Ju Shiguang Privacy Enhancement Scheme (PES) in a Blockchain-Edge Computing Environment IEEE Access Privacy public key blockchain location context edge computing paradigm |
| title | Privacy Enhancement Scheme (PES) in a Blockchain-Edge Computing Environment |
| title_full | Privacy Enhancement Scheme (PES) in a Blockchain-Edge Computing Environment |
| title_fullStr | Privacy Enhancement Scheme (PES) in a Blockchain-Edge Computing Environment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Privacy Enhancement Scheme (PES) in a Blockchain-Edge Computing Environment |
| title_short | Privacy Enhancement Scheme (PES) in a Blockchain-Edge Computing Environment |
| title_sort | privacy enhancement scheme pes in a blockchain edge computing environment |
| topic | Privacy public key blockchain location context edge computing paradigm |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8966296/ |
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