A Decentralized  Authentication Scheme for Smart Factory based on Blockchain

A Decentralized Authentication Scheme for Smart Factory based on Blockchain | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Article A Decentralized Authentication Scheme for Smart Factory based on Blockchain Zhong Cao, Xudong Wen, Shan Ai, Wenli Shang, Sha Huan This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4919936/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Published Journal Publication published 20 Oct, 2024 Read the published version in Scientific Reports → Version 1 posted 20 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is recognized as one of the revolutionary technologies driving smart manufacturing and improving productivity. As manufacturing processes grow increasingly intricate, the entire manufacturing ecosystem encompasses multiple managed IoT domains. Within this highly interconnected environment, devices from diverse domains must collaborate, leading to considerable apprehensions about the security and privacy of device-to-device communications. Current authentication methods encounter several challenges. Traditional authentication schemes overly rely on trusted third parties, rendering them susceptible to external attacks or internal spoofing. This susceptibility gives rise to a range of security and privacy concerns. In response to these challenges, this paper aims to contribute to a more secure and efficient service scheme for smart factories by devising a blockchain-based distributed IoT architecture. The proposed scheme introduces a federated blockchain to establish trust among different domains, thereby enabling secure connections between devices in distinct domains. Through security analysis, it is proved that the proposed authentication scheme has integrity, mutual authentication, scalability, and resistance to four attacks. Furthermore, efficiency analysis experiments show that our scheme is feasible for smart factories, and as the number of peer nodes increases, the performance and efficiency of the blockchain network become better. Physical sciences/Physics Physical sciences/Physics/Information theory and computation Industrial Internet of Things Smart factory Decentralized authentication scheme Internal spoofing Federated blockchain Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Published Journal Publication published 20 Oct, 2024 Read the published version in Scientific Reports → Version 1 posted Editorial decision: Revision requested 18 Sep, 2024 Reviews received at journal 17 Sep, 2024 Reviews received at journal 17 Sep, 2024 Reviews received at journal 12 Sep, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 11 Sep, 2024 Reviews received at journal 10 Sep, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 08 Sep, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 08 Sep, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 07 Sep, 2024 Reviews received at journal 06 Sep, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 06 Sep, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 06 Sep, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 22 Aug, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 21 Aug, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 20 Aug, 2024 Reviewers invited by journal 20 Aug, 2024 Editor assigned by journal 20 Aug, 2024 Editor invited by journal 20 Aug, 2024 Submission checks completed at journal 16 Aug, 2024 First submitted to journal 15 Aug, 2024 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. 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