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Quantum-Resistant Authentication for Smart Grid: The Case for Using Merkle Trees

Quantum-Resistant Authentication for Smart Grid: The Case for Using Merkle Trees

Melesio Muñoz-Calderón, Melody Moh
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 25
ISBN13: 9781668452509|ISBN10: 1668452502|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781668452516|EISBN13: 9781668452523
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5250-9.ch020
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Muñoz-Calderón, Melesio, and Melody Moh. "Quantum-Resistant Authentication for Smart Grid: The Case for Using Merkle Trees." Handbook of Research on Technical, Privacy, and Security Challenges in a Modern World, edited by Amit Kumar Tyagi, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 371-395. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5250-9.ch020

APA

Muñoz-Calderón, M. & Moh, M. (2022). Quantum-Resistant Authentication for Smart Grid: The Case for Using Merkle Trees. In A. Tyagi (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Technical, Privacy, and Security Challenges in a Modern World (pp. 371-395). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5250-9.ch020

Chicago

Muñoz-Calderón, Melesio, and Melody Moh. "Quantum-Resistant Authentication for Smart Grid: The Case for Using Merkle Trees." In Handbook of Research on Technical, Privacy, and Security Challenges in a Modern World, edited by Amit Kumar Tyagi, 371-395. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5250-9.ch020

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Abstract

We are currently at the beginning of a great technological transformation of our electrical power grids. These new grids will be “smart” as a result of improved communication and control systems but will also have new vulnerabilities. A smart grid will be better able to incorporate new forms of energy generations as well as be self-healing and more reliable. This chapter investigates a threat to wireless communication networks from a fully realized quantum computer and provides a means to avoid this problem in smart grid domains. This chapter examines the security, complexities and performance of device authentication in wireless mesh networks (WMN) using public-key encryption and then using Merkle trees. As a result, the authors argue for the use of Merkle trees as opposed to public-key encryption for authentication of devices in WMN used in smart grid applications.

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