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This is the homepage of the Self-Certifying Names for Named Data Networking (SCN4NDN) project, which is funded by NGIatlantic.eu

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About SCN4NDN

The SCN4NDN project will perform extensive experiments to validate and evaluate the application of Decentalized Identifiers (DIDs) to the Information-Centric Networking (ICN) paradigm. ICN's goal is to enable fast and secure content dissemination by leveraging multicast, multipath, and caching, and by using novel trust mechanisms. One predominant ICN architecture is the Named Data Networking (NDN). NDN, and many other similar architectures, use digital signatures to protect content integrity and authenticity. A digital certificate is used for binding the signing key with the content name. In this project we replace this approach and we use DIDs instead. Using DIDs, content names become decentralized, owner-independent, and self-certifying, in the sense that a user can verify the authenticity and the integrity of a content item, by relying only on the content name and the content item itself, removing the need for trust anchors, or any other middlemen.

The experiments will be undertaken over the NDN testbed and other specialized experimental infrastructure. The project is a collaboration between The University of Memphis in the USA and our lab.

The project is funded by NGIatlantic.eu

Fact sheet

Duration 5 Nov. 2020 - 5 May 2021
Project leader George Xylomenos
Collaborators George C. Polyzos
Vasilios A. Siris
Nikos Fotiou
Yiannis Thomas
Iakovos Pittaras
US-based collaborators Christos Papadopoulos

Dissemination

Publication

Presentations

Project presentation at NGIatlantic.eu Third Open Call proposers webinar

Project presentation at NGI Policy Summit 2020

Interview with Nikos Fotiou


Contact

Project Leader

Prof. George Xylomenos
Patision 76
Athens 104 34, Greece
Tel: (+30) 210 8203115
Homepage
Mobile Multimedia Laboratory
Room 209, Trias 2
Athens 113 62, Greece
Tel: (+30) 210 8203506
Fax: (+30) 210 8203686