An Edge‐Cloud Collaborative Cross‐Domain Identity‐Based Authentication Protocol with Privacy Protection

Edge-cloud collaborative application scenario is more complex, it involves collaborative operations among different security domains, frequently accessing and exiting application system of mobile terminals. A cross-domain identity authentication protocol based on privacy protection is proposed. The main advantages of the protocol are as follows. 1) Self-certified key generation algorithm: the public/private key pair of the mobile terminal is generated by the terminal members themselves. It avoids security risks caused by third-party key distribution and key escrow; 2) Cross-domain identity authentication: the alliance keys are calculated among edge servers through blockchain technology. Cross-domain identity authentication is realized through the signature authentication of the alliance domain. The cross-domain authentication process is simple and efficient; 3) Revocability of identity authentication: When the mobile terminal has logged off or exited the system, the legal identity of the terminal in the system will also become invalid immediately, so as to ensure the forward and backward security of accessing system resources. Under the hardness assumption of discrete logarithm problem and computational Diffie-Hellman problem, the security of the protocol is proven, and the efficiency of the protocol is verified.