Strengthening the Authentication Mechanism of Blockchain-Based E-Voting System Using Post-Quantum Cryptography

Abstract

Election systems often face severe challenges regarding security and trust. Threats such as vote falsification and lack of transparency in vote counting have shaken the integrity of elections in various countries. The use of blockchain technology in e-voting has been proposed as an attractive solution to overcome this problem. Several studies use blockchain for the security of electronic voting systems. The existing methods are not resistant against impersonation attacks and man-in-the-middle attacks. This research proposes a new scheme to strengthen a blockchain-based e-voting system. The blockchain used in the proposed method is Ethereum. The proposed scheme uses the modified framework and The Goldreich-Goldwasser-Halevi (GGH) signature scheme. Digital signatures generated using Goldreich-Goldwasser-Halevi (GGH) can strengthen the identity of the message sender so that enemies cannot imitate someone. In this research, the Voter's public key and anonymous ID are used by the Voter to maintain the Voter's anonymity. Based on the experimental results, it can be concluded that the proposed scheme is stronger than the previous scheme because the probability of success in impersonating the sender with the proposed scheme using an impersonation attack and man-in-the-middle attack is small.