Privacy-Preserving and Security in SDN-based IoT: A Survey

In recent years, the use of Software Defined Networking (SDN) has increased due to various network management requirements. Using SDN in computer network applications has brought several benefits to users, including lower operational costs, better hardware management, flexibility, and centralized network deployment. On the other hand, the...

A Location-Aware and Healing Attestation Scheme for Air-Supported Internet of Vehicles

With the rapid technological advancement in the Internet of Things (IoT) and Internet of Vehicles (IoV), we witness exponential growth of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs). However, these integrations of IoV with other technologies make the IoV network and its interaction between different network components highly complex. Therefore,...

Astraea: Anonymous and Secure Auditing Based on Private Smart Contracts for Donation Systems

Many regions are in urgent need of facial masks for slowing down the spread of COVID-19. To fight the pandemic, people are contributing masks through donation systems. Most existing systems are built on a centralized architecture which is prone to the single point of failure and lack of transparency. Blockchain-based solutions neglect...

Anonymous and Verifiable Reputation System for E-commerce Platforms based on Blockchain

E-commerce platforms incorporate reputation systems that allow customers to rate suppliers following financial transactions. Existing reputation systems cannot defend the centralized server against arbitrarily tampering with the supplier’s reputation. Furthermore, they do not offer reputation access across platforms. Rates are faced with privacy...

Internet-of-Forensic (IoF): A blockchain based digital forensics framework for IoT applications

Digital forensic in Internet-of-Thing (IoT) paradigm is critical due to its heterogeneity and lack of transparency of evidence processing. Moreover, cross-border legalization makes a hindrance in such process pertaining to the cloud forensic issues. This urges a forensic framework for IoT which provides distributed computing, decentralization...