Hash-Based Signature for Flexibility Authentication of IoT Devices

Songshen Han,Zuohui Li,Songhui Guo,Haidong Liu,Kaiyong Xu,Zhiqiang Zhu

doi:10.1051/wujns/2022271001

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Abstract

5G provides a unified authentication architecture and access management for IoT (Internet of Things) devices. But existing authentication services cannot cover massive IoT devices with various computing capabilities. In addition, with the development of quantum computing, authentication schemes based on traditional digital signature technology may not be as secure as we expected. This paper studies the authentication mechanism from the user equipment to the external data network in 5G and proposed an authentication protocol prototype that conforms to the Third Generation Partnership Program (3GPP) standard. This prototype can accommodate various Hash-based signature technologies, applying their advantages in resource consumption to meet the authentication requirements of multiple types of IoT devices. The operation of the proposed authentication scheme is mainly based on the Hash function, which is more efficient than the traditional authentication scheme. It provides flexible and high-quality authentication services for IoT devices cluster in the 5G environment combining the advantages of Hash-based signature technology and 5G architecture.

Highlights

In the IoT (Internet of Things) environment, various of IoT devices, from tiny, lightweight devices to powerful smart devices, are connected to send and receive information
Our works include: Combining the research on 5G authentication schemes with the principle of Hash-based signature technology, analyzing the advantages of applying it to IoT device authentication in 5G scenarios, and proposing an authentication protocol that applies Hash-based signature technology to terminal devices in the 5G scenario. This protocol can be integrated into a 5G unified identity management system to provide a template for applying Hash-based signature technology to authentication, which are more flexible for IoT devices with different computing capabilities
This paper proposes a Hash function-based signature scheme for the authentication of IoT devices in 5G environment and analyzes the effect achieved by Hash-based signature, which has the potential to make full use of the advantages of the Hash function-based signature scheme

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Introduction

In the IoT (Internet of Things) environment, various of IoT devices, from tiny, lightweight devices to powerful smart devices, are connected to send and receive information. Unlike traditional cryptographic signature algorithms whose security depends on trap gate one-way functions based on the difficulty of decomposed integers and computed discrete logarithms, respectively, most Hash-based signatures are not susceptible to Shor’s quantum algorithm[2] This feature is more competitive under quantum threats, and it is a reference indicator of whether a signature scheme is worth developing in the few decades. Our works include: Combining the research on 5G authentication schemes with the principle of Hash-based signature technology, analyzing the advantages of applying it to IoT device authentication in 5G scenarios, and proposing an authentication protocol that applies Hash-based signature technology to terminal devices in the 5G scenario This protocol can be integrated into a 5G unified identity management system to provide a template for applying Hash-based signature technology to authentication, which are more flexible for IoT devices with different computing capabilities

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