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A Novel DID Method Leveraging the IOTA Tangle and its Integration into OpenSSL

Alessio Claudio, Andrea Vesco

TL;DR

A novel Decentralized IDentifier (DID) Method called Over-The-Tangle is presented and its design and working principles that leverage the IOTA Tangle as the Root-of-Trust for identity data are discussed.

Abstract

This paper presents, for the first time, a novel Decentralized IDentifier (DID) Method called Over-The-Tangle and discusses its design and working principles that leverage the IOTA Tangle as the Root-of-Trust for identity data. The results of a long lasting experimental test campaign in real-world settings suggests the adoption of a private gateway node synchronised with the IOTA Tangle on the mainnet for efficient DID control. Moreover, the paper promotes the integration of the DID technology into OpenSSL through the use of Providers. A novel DID Operation and Provider is presented as a solution for building DID Method agility in OpenSSL.

A Novel DID Method Leveraging the IOTA Tangle and its Integration into OpenSSL

TL;DR

A novel Decentralized IDentifier (DID) Method called Over-The-Tangle is presented and its design and working principles that leverage the IOTA Tangle as the Root-of-Trust for identity data are discussed.

Abstract

This paper presents, for the first time, a novel Decentralized IDentifier (DID) Method called Over-The-Tangle and discusses its design and working principles that leverage the IOTA Tangle as the Root-of-Trust for identity data. The results of a long lasting experimental test campaign in real-world settings suggests the adoption of a private gateway node synchronised with the IOTA Tangle on the mainnet for efficient DID control. Moreover, the paper promotes the integration of the DID technology into OpenSSL through the use of Providers. A novel DID Operation and Provider is presented as a solution for building DID Method agility in OpenSSL.
Paper Structure (8 sections, 4 figures)

This paper contains 8 sections, 4 figures.

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. A DID Method for the IOTA Tangle
  3. Working principles
  4. Implementation of the OTT Method functions
  5. Experimental setup and results
  6. Future Perspectives
  7. Conclusions and Future Works
  8. Acknowledgements

Figures (4)

  • Figure 1: The Self-Sovereign Identity stack.
  • Figure 2: Structure of the OTT create message (left) and revoke message (right) that OTT uses in the Create, Resolve, Update and Revoke functions.
  • Figure 3: Generation of the index and the ephemeral key pairs.
  • Figure 6: Empirical CDF of the execution time of the four OTT functions; figure in figure in the Resolve graph shows a zoom of the empirical CDF with the private node setup.