Published In : IJCSN Journal Volume 6, Issue 3

Date of Publication : June 2017

Pages : 336-345

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Fattaneh Pasand : Department of Engineering Computer, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr Bushehr, Iran

Ali Marjanian : Department of Engineering Computer, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr Bushehr, Iran

 

smart grids; cyber attacks; load reduction (LR) attack; Unified Threat Management (UTM); mutual authentication protocol

In this paper, an efficient authentication protocol based on elliptic curve cryptography with identity protection for smart grids has been proposed which can deploy in UTM systems. In the proposed protocol, the substations and smart appliances realized mutual authentication and key agreement via a tamper-resistant smart card. The identities of the substation and the appliance are encrypted and transmitted in our protocol. So the adversary cannot access to the real identities of the substation and the appliance. Furthermore, the adversary cannot establish an impersonation attack to inject false data into the system. Thus, it can prevent the LR attacks in smart appliance side.

 

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