An anonymous data access scheme for VANET using pseudonym-based cryptography

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Abstract

Vehicular ad-hoc network (VANET) is an emerging technology which can offer a wide variety of promising applications, such as safety-related and infotainment applications. However, VANET also raises important security and privacy concerns that must be properly addressed for widespread deployment. In this paper, we first proposed a provable secure pseudonym-based cryptosystem with a trusted authority, including a pseudonym-based encryption scheme, a pseudonym-based multi-receiver encryption scheme, a pseudonym-based signature scheme, and a pseudonym-based one-pass key establishment protocol. We then presented a secure and efficient data access scheme for VANET based on cooperative caching technology and the proposed pseudonym-based cryptosystem. The efficiency of data access was greatly improved by allowing the sharing and coordination of cached data among multiple vehicles, and the anonymity of vehicles, data confidentiality, integrity and non-repudiation were guaranteed by employing the proposed pseudonym-based cryptosystem. Simulation results have shown that the proposed data access scheme is suitable to the VANET environment.

Keywords

Vehicular ad-hoc network Cooperative caching Pseudonym-based cryptography Onion packet 
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Acknowledgments

This paper is jointly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61173189), the Foundation for Innovative Research Team of Yunnan University, Guangdong Province Information Security Key Laboratory Project, Yunnan Province Software Engineering Key Laboratory Project (Grant No. 2015SE203).

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Yunnan Key Laboratory of Software Engineering, School of SoftwareYunnan UniversityKunmingChina
  2. 2.Guangdong Key Laboratory of Information Security Technology, School of Information Science and TechnologySun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhouChina

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