Self Sovereign Identity based E-petition Scheme

Ridvan Karatas; Isa Sertkaya

Self Sovereign Identity based E-petition Scheme

Abstract

Electronic petitions are one of the important tools used for democratic participation. Citizens can express their support or dissatisfaction about government investments or regulations. Citizens can also provide sufficient feedback to organizations or government institutions through electronic petitions. In this paper, we have designed an electronic petition scheme using blockchain as a source of trust for protecting e-petition’s users’ privacy and security. With our e-petition system, citizens can anonymously participate an e-petition and express their support or discontent about a social and political issue freely. We have used Sovrin blockchain as source of trust by using registry for Decentralised Identifiers DIDs and their associated public keys and communication endpoints. We have also used other Sovrin components such as verifiable credentials, proofs and agents for implementing our privacy and security preserving e-petition scheme. Lastly, we have analyzed security, privacy and performance analysis of our e-petition system.

Keywords

electronic petition, e-petition, self sovereign identity, identity management, anonymous credentials, verifable credentials, blockchain, security, privacy

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English

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Authors

Ridvan Karatas This is me

Isa Sertkaya This is me

Publication Date

December 1, 2020

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Year 2020 Volume: 9 Number: 4

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https://izlik.org/JA49CT54JP

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APA

Karatas, R., & Sertkaya, I. (2020). Self Sovereign Identity based E-petition Scheme. International Journal of Information Security Science, 9(4), 213-229. https://izlik.org/JA49CT54JP

AMA

1.Karatas R, Sertkaya I. Self Sovereign Identity based E-petition Scheme. IJISS. 2020;9(4):213-229. https://izlik.org/JA49CT54JP

Chicago

Karatas, Ridvan, and Isa Sertkaya. 2020. “Self Sovereign Identity Based E-Petition Scheme”. International Journal of Information Security Science 9 (4): 213-29. https://izlik.org/JA49CT54JP.

EndNote

Karatas R, Sertkaya I (December 1, 2020) Self Sovereign Identity based E-petition Scheme. International Journal of Information Security Science 9 4 213–229.

IEEE

[1]R. Karatas and I. Sertkaya, “Self Sovereign Identity based E-petition Scheme”, IJISS, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 213–229, Dec. 2020, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA49CT54JP

ISNAD

Karatas, Ridvan - Sertkaya, Isa. “Self Sovereign Identity Based E-Petition Scheme”. International Journal of Information Security Science 9/4 (December 1, 2020): 213-229. https://izlik.org/JA49CT54JP.

JAMA

1.Karatas R, Sertkaya I. Self Sovereign Identity based E-petition Scheme. IJISS. 2020;9:213–229.

MLA

Karatas, Ridvan, and Isa Sertkaya. “Self Sovereign Identity Based E-Petition Scheme”. International Journal of Information Security Science, vol. 9, no. 4, Dec. 2020, pp. 213-29, https://izlik.org/JA49CT54JP.

Vancouver

1.Ridvan Karatas, Isa Sertkaya. Self Sovereign Identity based E-petition Scheme. IJISS [Internet]. 2020 Dec. 1;9(4):213-29. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA49CT54JP