pTASC: Trustable Autonomous Secure Communications

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2019

Authors

Sousa, PR (Author) Other; Cirne, A (Author) Other; Resende, JS (Author) FCUP; Martins, R (Author) FCUP; antunes, l (Author) FCUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking, ICDCN 2019, Bangalore, India, January 04-07, 2019

Pages: 193-202

20th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking, ICDCN 2019

4 January 2019 through 7 January 2019

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Authenticus ID: P-00Q-2QV

DOI: 10.1145/3288599.3288623

Abstract (EN): The number of devices connected to the Internet has been increasing exponentially. There is a substantial amount of data being exchanged among numerous connected devices. The added convenience brought by these devices spans across multiple facets of everyday life, such as drivers reporting an accident through dash cams, patients monitoring their own health, and companies controlling the safety of their facilities. However, it is critical to increase safety and privacy across the data generated and propagated by these devices. Previous works have focused mainly on device management and relied on centralized solutions namely Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). This paper describes a novel mechanism that ensures secure autonomous communication between Internet of Things (IoT) devices, while using a completely decentralized solution that mitigates the classical single points-of-failure problem. This is accomplished by a new peer-to-peer protocol using Short Authentication Strings (SAS), in which verification is made through a Limited-Location Channel (LLC).

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 10