The invention discloses a
privacy protection and traceable anonymous bidirectional
authentication method for heterogeneous Internet of Vehicles, which comprises the following steps: generating public and private keys based on a
key generation center, a private
key generator and a trusted registration mechanism, and constructing a heterogeneous
password system; the vehicle completes key registration by fusing the certificateless public key
system, and the roadside unit completes key registration based on the identity public key
system; the vehicle registers and uses the pseudonym to communicate with the roadside unit; and the vehicle and roadside unit bidirectional
authentication verifies the legality of the opposite side through a
hash function and a temporary value, and finally generates a
session key. According to the invention, by providing traceable pseudonym and
anonymous authentication communication for each vehicle, the privacy of the vehicle can be effectively protected, and an attacker can be prevented from tracking the identity information of the vehicle. Based on various security hypotheses, the method meets various security attributes including
anonymity, unlinkability, perfect forward security, security of known temporary information specific to sessions and the like, and the security of
data transmission of
the Internet of Vehicles can be improved.