A Lightweight Nature Heterogeneous Generalized Signcryption (HGSC)‎ Scheme for Named Data Networking-Enabled Internet of Things

Joint Authors

Hussain, Saddam
Amin, Noor Ul
Ullah, Insaf
Khattak, Hizbullah
Rehman, Manazara
Alzahrani, Ahmed Saeed
Adnan, Muhammad
Ullah, Syed Sajid
Khattak, Shah Jahan

Source

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing

Issue

Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-20, 20 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2020-11-18

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

20

Main Subjects

Information Technology and Computer Science

Abstract EN

Internet of Things (IoT) is the collection of different types of smart objects like mobile phones, sensors, cars, smart cities, smart buildings, and healthcare, which can provide a quality life to humans around the globe.

These smart objects sense and produce a huge amount of data for distribution.

The current hostcentric networking paradigm is not that scalable to provide a suitable solution to the idea of IoT.

For scalable connectivity and efficient distribution, Named Data Networking (NDN) has been envisioned as a promising solution for future internet architecture.

On the other hand, the significant issues regarding the adaptation of NDN with IoT possess security concerns such as authentication, confidentiality, integrity, and forward secrecy.

As IoT is a heterogeneous environment, it demands a different type of security, according to the environmental situation such as public key infrastructure (PKI), identity-based cryptosystem (IBC), and certificateless cryptosystem (CLC).

This paper presents a new concept of CLC to IBC heterogeneous generalized signcryption for the first time to fulfil the prime security requirements of NDN-based IoT.

The proposed scheme provides the security properties according to situational needs without disturbing the structural policy of NDN.

Considering the resource-constrained nature of IoT, we used a lightweight type of elliptic curve called the hyperelliptic curve cryptosystem which offers the same level of security as that of bilinear pairing and an elliptic curve cryptosystem using a minimum key size.

Further, we compare the proposed scheme with recently proposed identity-based as well as certificateless generalized signcryption schemes, and the results give satisfactory outputs in terms of computational and communication resources.

Furthermore, we simulate the proposed scheme with Automated Validation of Internet Security Protocols and Applications (AVISPA), and the results show that our scheme is valid and safe.

Additionally, we provide a practical scenario of the proposed on NDN with an IoT-based smart city.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Rehman, Manazara& Khattak, Hizbullah& Alzahrani, Ahmed Saeed& Ullah, Insaf& Adnan, Muhammad& Ullah, Syed Sajid…[et al.]. 2020. A Lightweight Nature Heterogeneous Generalized Signcryption (HGSC) Scheme for Named Data Networking-Enabled Internet of Things. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-20.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1214757

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Rehman, Manazara…[et al.]. A Lightweight Nature Heterogeneous Generalized Signcryption (HGSC) Scheme for Named Data Networking-Enabled Internet of Things. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-20.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1214757

American Medical Association (AMA)

Rehman, Manazara& Khattak, Hizbullah& Alzahrani, Ahmed Saeed& Ullah, Insaf& Adnan, Muhammad& Ullah, Syed Sajid…[et al.]. A Lightweight Nature Heterogeneous Generalized Signcryption (HGSC) Scheme for Named Data Networking-Enabled Internet of Things. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-20.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1214757

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1214757