Efficient Parallel Secure Outsourcing of Modular Exponentiation to Cloud for IoT Applications

Abstract

Modular exponentiation, an operation widely utilized in cryptographic protocols to transfer text and other forms of data, can also be applied to Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices with high security requirements. However, due to the high resource consumption of modular exponentiation, IoT devices can face the problem of resource insufficient. Fortunately, the secure outsourcing scheme offers a new solution for resource-constrained devices. In this article, we apply a parallel secure outsourcing scheme to provide the possibility for modular exponentiation operation, which is used in the IoT devices. After that, the task of modular exponentiation is decomposed and we introduce the scheme in more detail. In addition, based on this scheme, we designed an extension scheme for RSA, providing enhanced security for IoT devices. Finally, the analysis of experimental results based on 512-4096 b of data indicates the superiority in scalability and time consumption over the previous schemes.