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Security and Challenges for Blockchain Integrated Fog-Enabled IoT Applications

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Advances in Distributed Computing and Machine Learning

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Internet of Things (IoT) is the most significant revolutionary technology in the development of smart applications. Data is increasing at a rapid rate as the IoT expands. If more data is stored and retrieved from the cloud, the delay will increase. Subsequently, the security of IoT data is a big issue because the data is shared over insecure networks. Fog computing (FC) is a distributed computing model that provides storage, computing, and networking services. Fog nodes have minimal computing power as well. Blockchain technology (BT) is a secured technology that creates a hyper-distributed, public, and authentic ledger to track transactions. In this area, the combination of fog, blockchain, and IoT creates a new possibility. This article aims to provide readers with a better understanding of the issues involved in securing the future of digital infrastructure. A careful analysis of security requirements for fog-enabled IoT devices is also presented. We also discuss the interrelationships between blockchain and fog computing as a crucial facilitator for addressing numerous security-related challenges in IoT applications.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Arunachal Pradesh, India

    Saikat Samanta & Achyuth Sarkar

  2. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Parul Institute of Technology, Parul University, Vadodara, Gujarat, India

    Aditi Sharma

  3. Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Stefan Cell Mare University of Suceava, Suceava, Romania

    Oana Geman

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India

    Rashmi Ranjan Rout

  2. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India

    Soumya Kanti Ghosh

  3. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad, Dhanbad, India

    Prasanta K. Jana

  4. School of IT and Engineering (SITE), Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India

    Asis Kumar Tripathy

  5. Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, Institute of Technical Education and Research (ITER), Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India

    Jyoti Prakash Sahoo

  6. Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering (CSIE), Providence University, Taichung, Taiwan

    Kuan-Ching Li

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Samanta, S., Sarkar, A., Sharma, A., Geman, O. (2022). Security and Challenges for Blockchain Integrated Fog-Enabled IoT Applications. In: Rout, R.R., Ghosh, S.K., Jana, P.K., Tripathy, A.K., Sahoo, J.P., Li, KC. (eds) Advances in Distributed Computing and Machine Learning. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 427. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1018-0_2

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