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PF-AKA: PUF-FSM based Authentication and Key Agreement Framework for IoT based Smart Grid Networks

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Internet of Things (IoTs) is a promising technology that combines communication and data networking. Integration of Smart Grids (SGs) and IoT will fulfill an increased demand for energy requirements by transforming the reliable and efficient traditional power grids. The SG enables bi-directional transmission between the Service Provider (SP) and Smart Meter (SM) to send and receive information regarding electricity consumption over a public channel. The public channel allows an adversary to intercept the information exchanged between them and tamper with the SM as it is installed outside which leads to forging or modification of the messages and privacy violation. In addition, the SM has limited computational and storage capacity. To protect SM privacy and securely communicate in the SG network, Physically Unclonable Functions (PUFs) based Authentication and Key Agreement (AKA) schemes were suggested in the literature. However, they may suffer from the machine learning modeling attack and several other security issues. Thus, we propose a finite state machine enabled controlled PUF based AKA (PF-AKA) Framework for the IoT based SG (IoT-SG) network. The PF-AKA framework is verified formally using the Real-or-Random (RoR) model, AVISPA tool, and BAN logic. It shows that PF-AKA achieves the security requirements along with protection from the SM physical and modeling attacks. The performance analysis is carried out and it represents that the PF-AKA yields competitive computation and communication costs compared to AKA schemes in the literature for the IoT-SG network.

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Appendix A: The role of smart meter and service provider are defined in HLPSL code

Appendix A: The role of smart meter and service provider are defined in HLPSL code

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Mehta, P.J., Parne, B.L. & Patel, S.J. PF-AKA: PUF-FSM based Authentication and Key Agreement Framework for IoT based Smart Grid Networks. Cluster Comput 27, 8099–8117 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10586-024-04395-6

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