E-PMM: An Efficient Authentication Scheme Based on Binary T-Degree Symmetric Polynomial and ECC for Producer Mobility Management in NDN

The Named Data Network (NDN) is an innovative architecture focusing on content-based networking, but it currently lacks a feasible solution for identity authentication of mobile producers. Authentication schemes in existing networks often fail to meet NDN's dual demands for security and operational efficiency, due to inherent flaws such a weaknesses like interest flooding attacks, challenges in cross-domain trust establishment and prolonged handover delays. Additionally, NDN's initial design did not adequately take into account the dynamic mobility of producers. In this paper, we propose an efficient producer mobility management and identity authentication scheme, called E-PMM, which revises the packet and router structures of NDN to support mobility management and secure authentication for mobile producers. Meanwhile, a producer-based control interest package is designed to mitigate interest flooding attacks. E-PMM utilizes Binary T-degree symmetric polynomials and ECC to create a robust authentication process. Furthermore, we incorporate the Canetti and Krawczyk (CK) adversary model into the security analysis, proving that E-PMM is resistant to critical attacks such as identity forgery and man-in-the-middle attacks. Through a combination of theoretical analysis and simulations, E-PMM significantly reduces handover delays, improves security, and efficiently manages authentication for producer mobility in mobile NDN environments.