A Privacy Preserving Access Control Scheme using Anonymous Identification for Ubiquitous Environments

  • Authors:
  • Nguyen Ngoc Diep;Sungyoung Lee;Young-Koo Lee;HeeJo Lee

  • Affiliations:
  • Kyung Hee University;Kyung Hee University;Kyung Hee University;Korea University

  • Venue:
  • RTCSA '07 Proceedings of the 13th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Comparedtoallemergingissues,privacyisprobably the most prominent concern when it comes tojudgingtheeffectsofawidespreaddeploymentofubiquitous computing. On one hand, service providerswanttoauthenticatelegitimateusersandmakesurethey are accessingtheir authorized servicesin alegalway. On the other hand, users prefer not to expose anysensitiveinformationtoanybody.Theywanttohavecomplete control on their personal data, without beingtrackeddownforwherevertheyare,wheneverandwhatevertheydo.Inthispaper,weintroduceananonymousidentificationauthenticationandaccesscontrolschemetosecureinteractionsbetweenusersandservicesinubiquitousenvironments.TheschemeusesanonymoususerID,sensitivedatasharingmethod,andaccountmanagementtoprovidealightweightauthenticationwhilekeepingusersanonymouslyinteracting withtheservicesin asecureand flexible way.