A decentralized authentication scheme for smart factory based on blockchain

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...

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Main Authors: Zhong Cao, Xudong Wen, Shan Ai, Wenli Shang, Sha Huan
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-76065-x
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description 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.
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spelling doaj-art-875b4733ebe44ee48988a819d7daf64d2025-08-20T02:11:25ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222024-10-0114111210.1038/s41598-024-76065-xA decentralized authentication scheme for smart factory based on blockchainZhong Cao0Xudong Wen1Shan Ai2Wenli Shang3Sha Huan4School of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Guangzhou UniversitySchool of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Guangzhou UniversitySchool of Artificial Intelligence, Guangzhou UniversitySchool of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Guangzhou UniversitySchool of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Guangzhou UniversityAbstract 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.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-76065-xIndustrial Internet of ThingsSmart factoryDecentralized authentication schemeInternal spoofingFederated blockchain
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A decentralized authentication scheme for smart factory based on blockchain
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Industrial Internet of Things
Smart factory
Decentralized authentication scheme
Internal spoofing
Federated blockchain
title A decentralized authentication scheme for smart factory based on blockchain
title_full A decentralized authentication scheme for smart factory based on blockchain
title_fullStr A decentralized authentication scheme for smart factory based on blockchain
title_full_unstemmed A decentralized authentication scheme for smart factory based on blockchain
title_short A decentralized authentication scheme for smart factory based on blockchain
title_sort decentralized authentication scheme for smart factory based on blockchain
topic Industrial Internet of Things
Smart factory
Decentralized authentication scheme
Internal spoofing
Federated blockchain
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-76065-x
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