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Whale Optimization Algorithm and Blockchain Technology for Intelligent Networks

  • Sulthana, Shazia;Reddy, BN Manjunatha
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.22 no.7
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    • pp.157-164
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    • 2022
  • The proposed privacy preserving scheme has identified the drawbacks of existing schemes in Vehicular Networks. This prototype enhances the number of nodes by decreasing the cluster size. This algorithm is integrated with the whale optimization algorithm and Block Chain Technology. A set of results are done through the NS-2 simulator in the direction to check the effectiveness of proposed algorithm. The proposed method shows better results than with the existing techniques in terms of Delay, Drop, Delivery ratio, Overhead, throughout under the denial of attack.

TCST : A Technology for Verifying Control Flow Integrity for Smart Contracts within a Trusted Execution Environment (TCST : 신뢰실행환경 내에서 스마트 컨트랙트의 제어 흐름 무결성 검증을 위한 기술)

  • Park, Seonghwan;Kwon, Donghyun
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.32 no.6
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    • pp.1103-1112
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    • 2022
  • Blockchain technology is widespread in everyday life and various industry fields. It guarantees integrity and transparency between blockchain network participants through a distributed ledger. The smart contract is modifying and managing the distributed ledger, which is the most important component of guaranteeing integrity and transparency of blockchain network. Still, smart contracts are also a component of blockchain networks, it is disclosed to network participants transparently. For this reason, the vulnerability of smart contracts could be revealed easily. To mitigate this, various studies are leveraging TEE to guarantee the confidentiality of smart contracts. In existing studies, TEE provides confidentiality of smart contracts but guaranteeing the integrity of smart contracts is out of their scope. In this study, we provide not only the confidentiality of smart contracts but also their integrity, by guaranteeing the CFI of smart contracts within TEE.

Evaluation and Comparative Analysis of Scalability and Fault Tolerance for Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerant based Blockchain (프랙티컬 비잔틴 장애 허용 기반 블록체인의 확장성과 내결함성 평가 및 비교분석)

  • Lee, Eun-Young;Kim, Nam-Ryeong;Han, Chae-Rim;Lee, Il-Gu
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.271-277
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    • 2022
  • PBFT (Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerant) is a consensus algorithm that can achieve consensus by resolving unintentional and intentional faults in a distributed network environment and can guarantee high performance and absolute finality. However, as the size of the network increases, the network load also increases due to message broadcasting that repeatedly occurs during the consensus process. Due to the characteristics of the PBFT algorithm, it is suitable for small/private blockchain, but there is a limit to its application to large/public blockchain. Because PBFT affects the performance of blockchain networks, the industry should test whether PBFT is suitable for products and services, and academia needs a unified evaluation metric and technology for PBFT performance improvement research. In this paper, quantitative evaluation metrics and evaluation frameworks that can evaluate PBFT family consensus algorithms are studied. In addition, the throughput, latency, and fault tolerance of PBFT are evaluated using the proposed PBFT evaluation framework.

Blockchain-based multi-IoT verification model for overlay cloud environments (오버레이 클라우드 환경을 위한 블록체인 기반의 다중 IoT 검증 모델)

  • Jeong, Yoon-Su;Kim, Yong-Tae;Park, Gil-Cheol
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.151-157
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    • 2021
  • Recently, IoT technology has been applied to various cloud environments, requiring accurate verification of various information generated by IoT devices. However, due to the convergence of IoT technologies and 5G technologies, accurate analysis is required as IoT information processing is rapidly processed. This paper proposes a blockchain-based multi-IoT verification model for overlay cloud environments. The proposed model multi-processes IoT information by further classifying IoT information two layers (layer and layer) into bits' blockchain to minimize the bottleneck of overlay networks while ensuring the integrity of information sent and received from embedded IoT devices within local IoT groups. Furthermore, the proposed model allows the layer to contain the weight information, allowing IoT information to be easily processed by the server. In particular, transmission and reception information between IoT devices facilitates server access by distributing IoT information from bits into blockchain to minimize bottlenecks in overlay networks and then weighting IoT information.

Real 3D Property Integral Imaging NFT Using Optical Encryption

  • Lee, Jaehoon;Cho, Myungjin;Lee, Min-Chul
    • Current Optics and Photonics
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    • v.6 no.6
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    • pp.565-575
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    • 2022
  • In this paper, we propose a non-fungible token (NFT) transaction method that can commercialize the real 3D property and make property sharing possible using the 3D reconstruction technique. In addition, our proposed method enhances the security of NFT copyright and metadata by using optical encryption. In general, a conventional NFT is used for 2D image proprietorial rights. To expand the scope of the use of tokens, many cryptocurrency industries are currently trying to apply tokens to real three-dimensional (3D) property. However, many token markets have an art copyright problem. Many tokens have been minted without considering copyrights. Therefore, tokenizing real property can cause significant social issues. In addition, there are not enough methods to mint 3D real property for NFT commercialization and sharing property tokens. Therefore, we propose a new token management technique to solve these problems using integral imaging and double random phase encryption. To show our system, we conduct a private NFT market using a test blockchain network that can demonstrate the whole NFT transaction process.

A Study on User's Acceptance of Blockchain-based Copyright Distribution Platforms and Its Usage (소비자의 블록체인 기반 저작권 유통 플랫폼 수용의도와 이용행위에 관한 연구)

  • Yoo, Young-Hwan;Park, Hyeon-Suk
    • The Journal of Industrial Distribution & Business
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.59-72
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    • 2019
  • Purpose - Blockchain technology, which has the characteristics of credibility, security, integrity and decentralization, has brought innovation to internet platforms that mediate peer to peer transactions, as well as changes to the contents distribution services. Blockchain-based copyright distribution platforms can solve problems which have been articulated on prior internet social networks: increased market dominance of platform business because of centralization with no reward to creators who upload on platforms, and lack of fairness, such as unfair profit distribution between the copyright holder and businesses. With this background, the current research confirmed the factors that affect the intention of usage and behaviors, targeting potential users of blockchain-based copyright distribution platforms. Research design, data, and methodology - Centered around the UTAUT2 Model, the research model was designed with 'Perceived Security' added as Construct, and 'Age' and 'Knowledge Level' added as moderating variables. For data, 607 responses were collected by an online survey, and 601 responses were included in the final analysis. We analyzed the research model and sample by using SPSS 23.0 and AMOS 23.0 on the collected responses. Results - First, results of research on whether Constructs make positive effects on Intention of use is: social influence, facilitating conditions, habit, and perceived security had positive effects on intention of use, and performance expectancy, effort expectancy, hedonic motivation, and economic value did not. Second, results of the research on whether facilitating condition, habit, and intention of use made an impact on using behaviors, it was shown that only habit and intention of use made positive effects. Third, in two groups divided by age above or under 40, group effort expectancy, intention of use, habit, and intention of use had controlling effects, and facilitating condition, intention of use, perceived security, and intention of use had effects in both groups. Conclusions - The research shows that no matter how great a blockchain-based platform is, if advantages of blockchain are not proved in various industries and utilized in real life like the internet, blockchain-based distribution systems will develop slowly. Rather than a short-term inducement emphasizing technology, there is a need for a strategic approach that can foster the environment.

Blockchain for the Trustworthy Decentralized Web Architecture

  • Kim, Geun-Hyung
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.26-36
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    • 2021
  • The Internet was created as a decentralized and autonomous system of interconnected computer networks used for data exchange across mutually trusted participants. The element technologies on the Internet, such as inter-domain and intra-domain routing and DNS, operated in a distributed manner. With the development of the Web, the Web has become indispensable in daily life. The existing web applications allow us to form online communities, generate private information, access big data, shop online, pay bills, post photos or videos, and even order groceries. This is what has led to centralization of the Web. This centralization is now controlled by the giant social media platforms that provide it as a service, but the original Internet was not like this. These giant companies realized that the decentralized network's huge value involves gathering, organizing, and monetizing information through centralized web applications. The centralized Web applications have heralded some major issues, which will likely worsen shortly. This study focuses on these problems and investigates blockchain's potentials for decentralized web architecture capable of improving conventional web services' critical features, including autonomous, robust, and secure decentralized processing and traceable trustworthiness in tamper-proof transactions. Finally, we review the decentralized web architecture that circumvents the main Internet gatekeepers and controls our data back from the giant social media companies.

Secure SLA Management Using Smart Contracts for SDN-Enabled WSN

  • Emre Karakoc;Celal Ceken
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.17 no.11
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    • pp.3003-3029
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    • 2023
  • The rapid evolution of the IoT has paved the way for new opportunities in smart city domains, including e-health, smart homes, and precision agriculture. However, this proliferation of services demands effective SLAs between customers and service providers, especially for critical services. Difficulties arise in maintaining the integrity of such agreements, especially in vulnerable wireless environments. This study proposes a novel SLA management model that uses an SDN-Enabled WSN consisting of wireless nodes to interact with smart contracts in a straightforward manner. The proposed model ensures the persistence of network metrics and SLA provisions through smart contracts, eliminating the need for intermediaries to audit payment and compensation procedures. The reliability and verifiability of the data prevents doubts from the contracting parties. To meet the high-performance requirements of the blockchain in the proposed model, low-cost algorithms have been developed for implementing blockchain technology in wireless sensor networks with low-energy and low-capacity nodes. Furthermore, a cryptographic signature control code is generated by wireless nodes using the in-memory private key and the dynamic random key from the smart contract at runtime to prevent tampering with data transmitted over the network. This control code enables the verification of end-to-end data signatures. The efficient generation of dynamic keys at runtime is ensured by the flexible and high-performance infrastructure of the SDN architecture.

A Study on the Blockchain as the Core Technology of Bitcoin (가상화폐 비트코인의 핵심기술인 블록체인에 관한 연구)

  • Nam, Soo-tai;Kim, Do-goan;Jin, Chan-yong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2018.05a
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    • pp.114-115
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    • 2018
  • Recently in Bitcoin raising a social issue is sometimes called a horizontal and decentralized digital virtual currency utilizing the Blockchain technology such as a type of password currency. On the other hand, the Blockchain, which is a distributed ledger shared on P2P networks and it was first used in Bitcoin. These technologies are regarded as technologies that can be applied diversely in other fields, and are attracting high social interest. Looking at recent trends in the virtual currency market such as Bitcoin, price movements have increased since the Japanese government approved the virtual currency as a means of settlement last year. Therefore, we try to present theoretical practical suggestion through the viewpoint of the Blockchain technology which is core technology of Bitcoin based on innovative technology.

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A Study on Improvement of Housing Bond Information Relay System Using Blockchain (블록체인을 활용한 국민주택채권 정보 중계시스템 개선방안 연구)

  • Nam, Jin-Seok;Yang, Hae-Sool
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.15 no.8
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    • pp.203-212
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    • 2017
  • The National Housing Bond Information Relay System is a representative financial information relay system in which institutions are connected with center system. A centralized structure is expensive to construct and operate center, and there is a problem that all networks are disconnected when a failure occurs in the center system. In this paper, we propose the national housing bond information relay system model based on Blockchain technology that can process information safely and efficiently. The proposed model constructs a Blockchain network so that each institution that processes the national housing bond information can transmit information safely, and each institution manages the same distributed ledge by a smart contract. The proposed model can reduce the cost because it can process complicated national housing bond transaction information without a relay center, and a network usage and disk usage decreased by 1.7% and 8.53%.