Centralized storage and identity identification methods pose many risks,including hacker attacks,data misuse,and single points of failure.Additionally,existing centralized identity management methods face interoperabi...Centralized storage and identity identification methods pose many risks,including hacker attacks,data misuse,and single points of failure.Additionally,existing centralized identity management methods face interoperability issues and rely on a single identity provider,leaving users without control over their identities.Therefore,this paper proposes a mechanism for identity identification and data sharing based on decentralized identifiers.The scheme utilizes blockchain technology to store the identifiers and data hashed on the chain to ensure permanent identity recognition and data integrity.Data is stored on InterPlanetary File System(IPFS)to avoid the risk of single points of failure and to enhance data persistence and availability.At the same time,compliance with World Wide Web Consortium(W3C)standards for decentralized identifiers and verifiable credentials increases the mechanism’s scalability and interoperability.展开更多
Reliable identity management and authentication are significant for network security.In recent years,as traditional centralized identity management systems suffer from security and scalability problems,decentralized i...Reliable identity management and authentication are significant for network security.In recent years,as traditional centralized identity management systems suffer from security and scalability problems,decentralized identity management has received considerable attention in academia and industry.However,with the increasing sharing interaction among each domain,management and authentication of decentralized identity has raised higher requirements for cross-domain trust and faced implementation challenges galore.To solve these problems,we propose BIdM,a decentralized crossdomain identity management system based on blockchain.We design a decentralized identifier(DID)for naming identities based on the consortium blockchain technique.Since the identity subject fully controls the life cycle and ownership of the proposed DID,it can be signed and issued without a central authentication node’s intervention.Simultaneously,every node in the system can participate in identity authentication and trust establishment,thereby solving the centralized mechanism’s single point of failure problem.To further improve authentication efficiency and protect users’privacy,BIdM introduces a one-way accumulator as an identity data structure,which guarantees the validity of entity identity.We theoretically analyze the feasibility and performance of BIdM and conduct evaluations on a prototype implementation.The experimental results demonstrate that BIdM achieves excellent optimization on cross-domain authentication compared with existing identity management systems.展开更多
Reproducibility can be considered as one of the basic requirements to ensure that a given research finding is accurate and acceptable.This paper presents a new layered approach that allows scientific researchers to pr...Reproducibility can be considered as one of the basic requirements to ensure that a given research finding is accurate and acceptable.This paper presents a new layered approach that allows scientific researchers to provide a)data to fellow researchers to validate research and b)proofs of research quality to funding agencies,without revealing sensitive details associated with the same.We conclude that by integrating smart contracts,blockchain technology,and self-sovereign identity into an automated system,it is possible to assert the quality of scientific materials and validate the peer review process without the need of a central authority.展开更多
文摘Centralized storage and identity identification methods pose many risks,including hacker attacks,data misuse,and single points of failure.Additionally,existing centralized identity management methods face interoperability issues and rely on a single identity provider,leaving users without control over their identities.Therefore,this paper proposes a mechanism for identity identification and data sharing based on decentralized identifiers.The scheme utilizes blockchain technology to store the identifiers and data hashed on the chain to ensure permanent identity recognition and data integrity.Data is stored on InterPlanetary File System(IPFS)to avoid the risk of single points of failure and to enhance data persistence and availability.At the same time,compliance with World Wide Web Consortium(W3C)standards for decentralized identifiers and verifiable credentials increases the mechanism’s scalability and interoperability.
基金Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province(2020B0101090003)National Natural Science Foundation of China(62072012)+2 种基金Shenzhen Research Project(JSGG20191129110603831)Shenzhen Key Laboratory Project(ZDSYS201802051831427)the project PCL Future Regional Network Facilities for Large Scale Experiments and Applications。
文摘Reliable identity management and authentication are significant for network security.In recent years,as traditional centralized identity management systems suffer from security and scalability problems,decentralized identity management has received considerable attention in academia and industry.However,with the increasing sharing interaction among each domain,management and authentication of decentralized identity has raised higher requirements for cross-domain trust and faced implementation challenges galore.To solve these problems,we propose BIdM,a decentralized crossdomain identity management system based on blockchain.We design a decentralized identifier(DID)for naming identities based on the consortium blockchain technique.Since the identity subject fully controls the life cycle and ownership of the proposed DID,it can be signed and issued without a central authentication node’s intervention.Simultaneously,every node in the system can participate in identity authentication and trust establishment,thereby solving the centralized mechanism’s single point of failure problem.To further improve authentication efficiency and protect users’privacy,BIdM introduces a one-way accumulator as an identity data structure,which guarantees the validity of entity identity.We theoretically analyze the feasibility and performance of BIdM and conduct evaluations on a prototype implementation.The experimental results demonstrate that BIdM achieves excellent optimization on cross-domain authentication compared with existing identity management systems.
文摘Reproducibility can be considered as one of the basic requirements to ensure that a given research finding is accurate and acceptable.This paper presents a new layered approach that allows scientific researchers to provide a)data to fellow researchers to validate research and b)proofs of research quality to funding agencies,without revealing sensitive details associated with the same.We conclude that by integrating smart contracts,blockchain technology,and self-sovereign identity into an automated system,it is possible to assert the quality of scientific materials and validate the peer review process without the need of a central authority.
