Secure File Outsourcing Method Based on Consortium Blockchain

Abstract

With the development of the big data era, the amount of data has entered an explosive growth phase. Limited by the constraints of cost, efficiency, and security of self-built storage systems, enterprises are forced to outsource files to cloud storage systems. However, the lack of file security and auditability in cloud storage systems continues to threaten the security of outsourced files. This paper designs and implements BFSOut, which is a secure file outsourcing method based on consortium blockchain. It uses Hyperledger Fabric and Interplanetary File System (IPFS) as the underlying storage engine, which solves the problem of cloud storage security issues. In BFSOut, in order to ensure the security of outsource files, the client-side offline block encryption is used. Furthermore, a dynamic hybrid encryption scheme is adopted, making the overall encryption effect more Efficient. Experimental performance analysis show that the system has good performance.