GLASS: Towards Secure and Decentralized eGovernance Services Using IPFS

Christos Chrysoulas; Amanda Thomson; Nikolaos Pitropakis; Pavlos Papadopoulos; Owen Lo; William J. Buchanan; George Domalis; Nikos Karacapilidis; Dimitris Tsakalidis; Dimitris Tsolis

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-95484-0_3

GLASS: Towards Secure and Decentralized eGovernance Services Using IPFS

Christos Chrysoulas^*
, Amanda Thomson
, Nikolaos Pitropakis^*
, Pavlos Papadopoulos^*
, Owen Lo
, William J. Buchanan
, George Domalis
, Nikos Karacapilidis
, Dimitris Tsakalidis
, Dimitris Tsolis

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The continuously advancing digitization has provided answers to the bureaucratic problems faced by eGovernance services. This innovation led them to an era of automation, broadened the attack surface and made them a popular target for cyber attacks. eGovernance services utilize the internet, which is a location addressed system in which whoever controls its location controls not only the content itself but also the integrity and the access of that content. We propose GLASS, a decentralized solution that combines the InterPlanetary File System with Distributed Ledger Technology and Smart Contracts to secure eGovernance services. We also created a testbed environment where we measure the system’s performance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Computer Security. ESORICS 2021 International Workshops
Subtitle of host publication	CyberICPS, SECPRE, ADIoT, SPOSE, CPS4CIP, and CDT&SECOMANE, Darmstadt, Germany, October 4–8, 2021, Revised Selected Papers
Publisher	Springer
Pages	40-57
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030954840
ISBN (Print)	9783030954833
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95484-0_3
Publication status	Published - 8 Feb 2022
Event	26th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security 2021 - Darmstadt, Germany Duration: 4 Oct 2021 → 6 Oct 2021

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	13106
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	26th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security 2021
Abbreviated title	ESORICS 2021
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Darmstadt
Period	4/10/21 → 6/10/21

Keywords

eGovernance
security
DLT
IPFS
DHT
Kademlia

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Chrysoulas, C., Thomson, A., Pitropakis, N., Papadopoulos, P., Lo, O., Buchanan, W. J., Domalis, G., Karacapilidis, N., Tsakalidis, D., & Tsolis, D. (2022). GLASS: Towards Secure and Decentralized eGovernance Services Using IPFS. In Computer Security. ESORICS 2021 International Workshops: CyberICPS, SECPRE, ADIoT, SPOSE, CPS4CIP, and CDT&SECOMANE, Darmstadt, Germany, October 4–8, 2021, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 40-57). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 13106). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95484-0_3

Chrysoulas, Christos ; Thomson, Amanda ; Pitropakis, Nikolaos et al. / GLASS: Towards Secure and Decentralized eGovernance Services Using IPFS. Computer Security. ESORICS 2021 International Workshops: CyberICPS, SECPRE, ADIoT, SPOSE, CPS4CIP, and CDT&SECOMANE, Darmstadt, Germany, October 4–8, 2021, Revised Selected Papers. Springer, 2022. pp. 40-57 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Chrysoulas, C, Thomson, A, Pitropakis, N, Papadopoulos, P, Lo, O, Buchanan, WJ, Domalis, G, Karacapilidis, N, Tsakalidis, D & Tsolis, D 2022, GLASS: Towards Secure and Decentralized eGovernance Services Using IPFS. in Computer Security. ESORICS 2021 International Workshops: CyberICPS, SECPRE, ADIoT, SPOSE, CPS4CIP, and CDT&SECOMANE, Darmstadt, Germany, October 4–8, 2021, Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 13106, Springer, pp. 40-57, 26th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security 2021, Darmstadt, Germany, 4/10/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95484-0_3

GLASS: Towards Secure and Decentralized eGovernance Services Using IPFS. / Chrysoulas, Christos; Thomson, Amanda; Pitropakis, Nikolaos et al.
Computer Security. ESORICS 2021 International Workshops: CyberICPS, SECPRE, ADIoT, SPOSE, CPS4CIP, and CDT&SECOMANE, Darmstadt, Germany, October 4–8, 2021, Revised Selected Papers. Springer, 2022. p. 40-57 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 13106).

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Chrysoulas C, Thomson A, Pitropakis N, Papadopoulos P, Lo O, Buchanan WJ et al. GLASS: Towards Secure and Decentralized eGovernance Services Using IPFS. In Computer Security. ESORICS 2021 International Workshops: CyberICPS, SECPRE, ADIoT, SPOSE, CPS4CIP, and CDT&SECOMANE, Darmstadt, Germany, October 4–8, 2021, Revised Selected Papers. Springer. 2022. p. 40-57. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). Epub 2022 Feb 7. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-95484-0_3

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