Blockchain-Based Self-Sovereign Identity for Routing in Inter-Domain Networks

Self-sovereign identity (SSI) has emerged lately as an identity and access management framework typically implemented based on distributed ledger technology (DLT), allowing device owners to administer and control their own data. In this article, a blockchain (BCN)-based SSI system has been developed...

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Autores: Zeydan E., Mangues J., Arslan S.S., Turk Y.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC)
Repositorio:r-CTTC. Repositorio Institucional Producción Científica del Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC)
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Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Authentication
Distributed ledger
Information management
Network routing
Block-chain
Convergence time
Identity and access managements
Identity management
Inter-domain
Management frameworks
Multiple-path
Network emulation
Routing devices
Routings
Blockchain
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Sumario:Self-sovereign identity (SSI) has emerged lately as an identity and access management framework typically implemented based on distributed ledger technology (DLT), allowing device owners to administer and control their own data. In this article, a blockchain (BCN)-based SSI system has been developed as a new identity plane to enable routing device owners in autonomous systems (ASs) to have greater control over inter-domain networks (IDNs), potentially across multiple paths that comply with routing device-defined preferences. The proposed system provides identity management, authentication, and transparent information about routers, attested by ASs, while maintaining the privacy of sensitive network details. Device-level information and preferences are protected by BCN-based SSI. We used a GNS3 network emulation test bed and Hyperledger Indy distributed identity management system to test the proposed solution's AS convergence time and credential operation time, respectively. Experiment results demonstrate that when the proposed routing system was used in combination with the BCN-based SSI credential management platform, the convergence time for the inter-AS and intra-AS systems became longer as the number of routers increased, whereas the credential operations had shorter processing times. © 2024 IEEE.