BCmECC: A Lightweight Blockchain-Based Authentication and Key Agreement Protocol for Internet of Things

BCmECC: A Lightweight Blockchain-Based Authentication and Key Agreement Protocol for Internet of Things

In this paper, targeting efficient authentication and key agreement in an IoT environment, we propose an Elliptic Curve Cryptography-(ECC) based lightweight authentication protocol called BCmECC which relies on a public blockchain to validate the users’ public key to provide desired security. We eva...

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Main Authors: Jan Lansky, Amir Masoud Rahmani, Saqib Ali, Nasour Bagheri, Masoumeh Safkhani, Omed Hassan Ahmed, Mehdi Hosseinzadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-12-01
Series:Mathematics
Subjects:
authentication
blockchain
security
cryptanalysis
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/9/24/3241

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