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Internet of Things (IoT) is steadily evolving which allows a new paradigm of smart sensors and lightweight devices interacting with one another without human intervention, also known as machine-to-machine (M2M) communication. This allows solution for various fields such as Smart Home Automation. In this scenario, the satisfaction of security and data privacy requirements play a fundamental role. Blockchain technology with the help of cryptography offers a solution by facilitating transactions and the coordination of devices without the need of a central authority. This study aims to improve the current smart home by developing and implementing a blockchain-based authentication system with the use of the Blockchain data structure, protocols and cryptographic algorithms such as Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA-256), and Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication (HMAC) on a microcontroller board equipped with hardware acceleration. Our performance analysis showed that hardware acceleration provided significant improvement in processing time with a speedup of 5.53 and 7.94 times for AES-128 and SHA-256, respectively, compared to a software implementation counterpart.
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Santos, J.M.V., Pascua, J.E.V., Tiglao, N.M.C. (2022). Hardware-Accelerated Blockchain-Based Authentication for the Internet of Things. In: Jin, H., Liu, C., Pathan, AS.K., Fadlullah, Z.M., Choudhury, S. (eds) Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks and Wireless Internet. CROWNCOM WiCON 2021 2021. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 427. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98002-3_21
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