A Secure, Flexible and Decentralized Data Sharing Scheme for InterPlanetary File System

Linli Mo, Jie Zhang*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) has revolutionized data storage and retrieval. However, its official standard and implementation do not provide supports for secure data sharing which is an essential service of remote data storage systems. Although there are some attempts to address the secure data sharing problem for IPFS, a suitable scheme for open and decentralized system is still lacking. This paper grasps three essential goals including data confidentiality, sharing flexibility and decentralization of data sharing for IPFS. It proposes a secure, flexible and decentralized data sharing scheme, involving a file storing smart contract and a re-capsule smart contract to support flexible data sharing in a purely decentralized manner. A prototype is realized and a set of experiments are done in the Polygon test network Mumbai. The results show that the proposed scheme achieves the three goals with affordable costs.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2024 2nd International Conference on Big Data and Privacy Computing, BDPC 2024
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages192-199
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9798350307597
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Event2nd International Conference on Big Data and Privacy Computing, BDPC 2024 - Macau, China
Duration: 10 Jan 202412 Jan 2024

Publication series

Name2024 2nd International Conference on Big Data and Privacy Computing, BDPC 2024

Conference

Conference2nd International Conference on Big Data and Privacy Computing, BDPC 2024
Country/TerritoryChina
CityMacau
Period10/01/2412/01/24

Keywords

  • Blockchain
  • Decentralized File Systems
  • IPFS
  • Proxy Re-Encryption
  • Smart Contracts

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