Hyperelliptic Curve Diffie–Hellman-Based Two-Server Password-Only Authenticated Key Exchange Protocol for Edge Computing Systems

Abstract

Due to the unprecedented growth of data, edge computing is transforming our lives in a better manner by increasing the performance and reducing the latency. It is the key framework deployed close to the data for processing effectively by connecting millions of devices together. Though it handles accelerated growth of data efficiently in real-time, data security and edge device authentication are still a nightmare. On the contrary, it is not possible to use complex protocols for authentication of edge devices due to its resource-constrained in nature. To address this issue, a state-of-art Hyperelliptic Curve Diffie–Hellman-based two-server Password-Only Authenticated Key Exchange Protocol is proposed in this paper by utilizing the properties of a geometrical shape, namely, tetrahedron. As a primary mandate, edge devices are authenticated to centralize cloud servers that store password information as tetrahedron properties using Hyperelliptic Curve Cryptography and Diffie–Hellman key exchange mechanisms. The proposed work is compared with similar existing works and proves its strength by considering communication cost, computational cost, security defense rate, and attack resistance rate as its core evaluation parameters.

Keywords:

• 3D HECC PAKE protocol
• Diffie–Hellman Key Exchange
• Edge Computing systems
• Hyperelliptic Curve Cryptography
• Two-server PAKE

Acknowledgement

The authors are indebted to All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, for supporting this research work.

Additional information

Funding

This research work was supported by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, under Research Promotion Scheme (RPS) Grant – F.No.8-38/RIFD/RPS/Policy-1/2017-2018.

Notes on contributors

K. Anitha Kumari

K. Anitha Kumari is working as an associate professor in Department of IT for past 10 years in PSG College of Technology, India. As an independent researcher, she had an opportunity to present her UGC sponsored paper based on quantum cryptography in USA and visited a few foreign universities. To her credit, she had published a Patent and 60 technical papers in refereed and impact factored international/national journals/conferences published by IEEE, Elsevier, Springer, T&F, etc. Also, she’s been an active reviewer for prestigious journals published by IEEE (IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials (IF: 20.230), IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (IF: 5.43)), IEEE Access, Springer, Wiley, etc., and Technical Program Committee (TPC) for CECNet 2017, NGCT-2017 WICC-2018 and NCCI-2018 conferences. Her areas of interest include cloud & IoT security, design and analysis of security protocols, attacks & defense, security in computing, bioinformatics, quantum cryptography, web service security, network security, cognitive security and analysis of algorithms. currently she's the programme coordinator for PSG CARE sponsored one year certification course on cyber security. Out of her research interest, she had contributed book chapters published by T & F, Springer and delivered ample guest lectures. Her security project is sanctioned and granted by AICTE for a sum of Rs.11,80,000/-. She has been the mentor for Technovator projects (2019, 2018, and 2014) and “MEDROIDZ,” an ICICI – Trinity 2014 funded project that was selected as one among the 6 projects in India. She also mentored five projects exhibited in NST Fair and AICTE Vishwakrama Awarded Project. Academically, she has secured RANK-I and awarded Gold Medal in ME (SE) & in BE (CSE) from Anna University and from Avinashilingam University. As a supervisor, she is currently guiding PhD scholars in her research area. Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]

T. P. Kamatchi

T P Kamatchi is working as a lecturer in Department of Computer Networking for the past 12 years in PSG Polytechnic College. She had published in various national and international journals. She had contributed book chapters published by IGI, CRC. She also guided many projects and few of them are awarded as best project too. Co-coordinated AICTE Sponsored FDP programme during December 2019. Her research areas are cyber security, edge computing and network security. Email: [email protected]

R. Senthil Prabha

R Senthil Prabha received a bachelor's degree in electronics and communication engineering and a master's degree in computer science from Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore. The doctoral degree was awarded in the year 2019 by Anna University, Chennai. She is currently working as an assistant professor in the Department of Information Technology at PSG College of Technology. Her areas of interest include biometrics and computer networks and cyber security. Email: [email protected]

Bharath K. Samanthula

Bharath K Samanthula is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at Montclair State University. Prior to joining MSU, he worked as a postdoctoral research associate in the Cyber Center Department and a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA. He received his bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering from International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India, in 2008. He received his PhD degree in computer science from the Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, in 2013. His research interests span across the fields of applied cryptography, privacy-preserving data analytics, information security, cloud computing, and big data. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation. He is a member of IEEE and ACM. Email: [email protected]