Towards an attestation architecture for blockchain networks
If blockchain networks are to become the building blocks of the infrastructure for the future digital economy, then several challenges related to the resiliency and survivability of blockchain networks need to be addressed. The survivability of a blockchain network is influenced by the diversity of...
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2021
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| author | Hardjono, Thomas Smith, Ned |
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| description | If blockchain networks are to become the building blocks of the infrastructure for the future digital economy, then several challenges related to the resiliency and survivability of blockchain networks need to be addressed. The survivability of a blockchain network is influenced by the diversity of its nodes. Trustworthy device-level attestations permits nodes in a blockchain network to provide truthful evidence regarding their current configuration, operational state, keying material and other system attributes. In the current work we review the recent developments towards a standard attestation architecture and evidence conveyance protocols. We explore the applicability and benefits of a standard attestation architecture to blockchain networks. Finally, we discuss a number of open challenges related to node attestations that has arisen due to changing model of blockchain network deployments, such as the use of virtualization and containerization technologies for nodes in cloud infrastructures. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1302952022-09-27T09:51:38Z Towards an attestation architecture for blockchain networks Hardjono, Thomas Smith, Ned Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sociotechnical Systems Research Center If blockchain networks are to become the building blocks of the infrastructure for the future digital economy, then several challenges related to the resiliency and survivability of blockchain networks need to be addressed. The survivability of a blockchain network is influenced by the diversity of its nodes. Trustworthy device-level attestations permits nodes in a blockchain network to provide truthful evidence regarding their current configuration, operational state, keying material and other system attributes. In the current work we review the recent developments towards a standard attestation architecture and evidence conveyance protocols. We explore the applicability and benefits of a standard attestation architecture to blockchain networks. Finally, we discuss a number of open challenges related to node attestations that has arisen due to changing model of blockchain network deployments, such as the use of virtualization and containerization technologies for nodes in cloud infrastructures. 2021-03-30T20:49:53Z 2021-03-30T20:49:53Z 2021-03 2020-12 2021-03-14T05:11:38Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1386-145X 1573-1413 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/130295 Hardjono, Thomas and Ned Smith. "Towards an attestation architecture for blockchain networks." World WIde Web (March 2021): doi.org/10.1007/s11280-021-00869-4. © 2021 The Authors en https://doi.org/10.1007/s11280-021-00869-4 World WIde Web Creative Commons Attribution https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The Author(s) application/pdf Springer Science and Business Media LLC Springer US |
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| title | Towards an attestation architecture for blockchain networks |
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