An Anonymous and Certificateless Identity Authentication Protocol for Mobile Edge Computing

As the burgeoning development of edge computing networks, more and more devices get access into the networks and attempt to obtain convenient and economical service. Devices, such as on-board sensors, mobile phones, monitoring equipment, are one type which takes a large scale. However, this type of...

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Published in:IEEE systems journal 2023-12, Vol.17 (4), p.1-12
Main Authors: Ma, Yuqian, Cheng, Qingfeng
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analytical models
Anonymity
Authentication
Cell phones
certificateless authenticated key agreement (CL-AKA)
Computational modeling
Cybersecurity
Edge computing
Games
Mobile computing
mobile edge computing (MEC)
Networks
Privacy
Protocols
Scyther formal tool
Security
Servers
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Summary:As the burgeoning development of edge computing networks, more and more devices get access into the networks and attempt to obtain convenient and economical service. Devices, such as on-board sensors, mobile phones, monitoring equipment, are one type which takes a large scale. However, this type of device not only has the characteristics of constrained resources and limited battery power, but is also mobile and fast-moving. Therefore, secure and efficient communication in mobile edge computing (MEC) networks demands additional properties such as real-time, low latency, privacy preservation, and so on. Attempting to solve the aforementioned problems, Xu et al. proposed an anonymous authenticated key agreement scheme, which was proved to be secure under the random oracle security model. Unfortunately, in this article, we will point out that their scheme does not satisfy forward security. A certificateless authenticated key agreement protocol is further designed and proved secure by means of theorems and Scyther tool. The performance of the improved protocol is also evaluated from the aspects of security properties, storage, communication, and computation costs. Compared to several related schemes, it can be concluded that our protocol achieves a good balance between security and efficiency.
ISSN:1932-8184
1937-9234
DOI:10.1109/JSYST.2023.3288272