Proposing a reliable method of securing and verifying the credentials of graduates through blockchain

EURASIP Journal on Information Security - 2021
T. Rama Reddy1, P. Jayarama Reddy2, Rayudu Srinivas1, Ch. V. Raghavendran3, R. V. S. Lalitha3, B. Annapurna4
1Aditya Engineering College, Surampalem, India
2Andhra University College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam, India
3Aditya College of Engineering & Technology, Surampalem, India
4Aditya College of Engineering, Surampalem, India

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AbstractEducation acts as a soul in the overall societal development, in one way or the other. Aspirants, who gain their degrees genuinely, will help society with their knowledge and skills. But, on the other side of the coin, the problem of fake certificates is alarming and worrying. It has been prevalent in different forms from paper-based dummy certificates to replicas backed with database tampering and has increased to astronomic levels in this digital era. In this regard, an overlay mechanism using blockchain technology is proposed to store the genuine certificates in digital form and verify them firmly whenever needed without delay. The proposed system makes sure that the certificates, once verified, can be present online in an immutable form for further reference and provides a tamper-proof concealment to the existing certification system. To confirm the credibility of the proposed method, a prototype of blockchain-based credential securing and verification system is developed in ethereum test network. The implementation and test results show that it is a secure and feasible solution to online credential management system.

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