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Improving the Key Exchange Process of the eXtended Triple Diffie-Hellman Protocol with Blockchain

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The demand for safeguarding communications between people and equipment has been driven by recent breakthroughs in miniature smart data gathering devices. Traditional techniques based on key exchange protocols cannot be implemented by resource-constrained embedded devices, therefore the BlockChain-Based X3DH (BCB-X3DH) protocol, which is based on a resilient decentralization of the eXtended Triple Diffie-Hellman (X3DH) protocol, has been developed. This work extends the analysis to fit a generic Smart City scenario with Edge and IoT nodes, using intensive analysis on Raspberry Pi 3 model B+ and Raspberry Pi 4 to verify that the new protocol is not only resistant to well-known distributed attacks, but can also be executed by miniaturized hardware, saving resources, energy, and battery life.

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  1. MIFT Department, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

    Armando Ruggeri & Massimo Villari

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  1. Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Christian Zirpins

  2. University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain

    Guadalupe Ortiz

  3. Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Zoltan Nochta

  4. Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Oliver Waldhorst

  5. University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Jacopo Soldani

  6. University of Messina, Messina, Italy

    Massimo Villari

  7. TU/e – JADS, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Damian Tamburri

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Ruggeri, A., Villari, M. (2022). Improving the Key Exchange Process of the eXtended Triple Diffie-Hellman Protocol with Blockchain. In: Zirpins, C., et al. Advances in Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing. ESOCC 2022. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1617. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23298-5_4

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