The invention provides an enhanced lightweight
authentication method and
system for Internet of Vehicles, and the method comprises the steps: carrying out the distinguishing design of a message signature and
verification mechanism according to the demands of differentiated
authentication in a V2I (vehicle-to-road communication) scene and a V2V (vehicle-to-vehicle communication) scene, guaranteeing that the communication between a vehicle terminal and a road side unit is high in reliability, and carrying out the
verification of the communication between the vehicle terminal and the road side unit; meanwhile, the flexibility and the safety of dynamic networking between the vehicles are ensured; in the
certificate generation and updating process, a key evolution
mechanism based on a
hash chain and an XOR operation is adopted, so that the forward security and
privacy protection capability are improved; efficient signature and
verification are realized through an
elliptic curve digital signature algorithm, and the calculation and communication overhead is reduced; the protocol supports rapid update and
revocation of the
certificate, and the anti-
attack capability and flexibility of the
system are enhanced. According to the method, the vehicle identity can be effectively prevented from being tracked, the communication security and
user privacy in an Internet of Vehicles environment are guaranteed, and the security and practicability of an Internet of Vehicles
system are remarkably improved.