A Secure Authentication Mechanism for Multi-Dimensional Identifier Network

Abstract

With the development of future Internet architecture research, the authentication mechanism has become one of the hot topics. However, the current authentication mechanism relies on certificate systems, which have security risks and affect network performance. At the same time, these mechanisms are designed for specific networks and can't authenticate various network entities. The unified naming strategy in the Multi-Dimensional Identifier Network (MDINet) provides the possibility for a universal authentication mechanism for various network entities. In this paper, we proposed a secure self-authentication mechanism based on MDINet. We designed a secure access authentication process and a concise terminal authentication process using Combined Public Key(CPK) cryptosystem. We implemented the mechanism and evaluated its performance in the prototype system. The experimental results show that our mechanism can guarantee the security of authentication in the case of large-scale terminals without significantly affecting network performance.