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SPROOF: A Decentralized Platform for Attribute-Based Authentication

  • C. Brunner
  • , F. Knirsch
  • , D. Engel
  • , Mori P. (Editor)
  • , Furnell S. (Editor)
  • , Camp O. (Editor)

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Abstract

Paper documents are still very common for all types of records of personal achievements, ID cards and many other types documents issued to an individual or a company. These paper documents, however, often come at the cost of expensive printing and issuing, loss of data or malicious counterfeits. The origin and integrity is often hard or even impossible to be verified. Digital signatures solve some of these issues, however, this still requires centralized trusted infrastructures and still does not allow for easy verification or recovery of lost documents. Furthermore, attribute-based authentication is not possible with traditional signature schemes. In this paper, we present a decentralized platform for signing and verifying digital documents that is based on the previously presented SPROOF platform and additionally supports attribute-based authentication. This platform allows for issuing, managing and verifying digital documents in a public blockchain. In the proposed approach, all data needed for verification of documents and issuers is stored decentralized, transparent, and integrity protected. The platform is permissionless and thus no access restrictions apply. Rather, following principles of the Web of Trust, issuers can confirm each other in a decentralized way. Additionally, scalability and privacy issues are taken into consideration. © 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInformation Systems Security and Privacy
Subtitle of host publication5th International Conference, ICISSP 2019, Prague, Czech Republic, February 23-25, 2019, Revised Selected Papers
PublisherSpringer
Number of pages23
Volume1221 CCIS
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-49443-8
ISBN (Print)978-3-030-49442-1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2020
Event5th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy, ICISSP 2019 - Prague, Czech Republic
Duration: 23 Feb 201925 Feb 2019
https://icissp.scitevents.org/?y=2019

Publication series

NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
ISSN (Print)1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)1865-0937

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy, ICISSP 2019
Abbreviated titleICISSP 2019
Country/TerritoryCzech Republic
CityPrague
Period23/02/1925/02/19
Internet address

Keywords

  • Blockchain
  • Certificate
  • Digital document
  • Privacy-friendly
  • Pseudonym
  • Information systems
  • Information use
  • Network security
  • Access restriction
  • Attribute-based
  • Digital Documents
  • ID cards
  • Paper documents
  • Privacy issue
  • Signature Scheme
  • Web of trust
  • Authentication

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