Title: Optimized Certificate Revocation List Distribution for Secure V2X Communications,
Abstract: The successful deployment of safe and trustworthy Connected and Autonomous
Vehicles (CAVs) will highly depend on the ability to devise robust and
effective security solutions to resist sophisticated cyber attacks and patch up
critical vulnerabilities. Pseudonym Public Key Infrastructure (PPKI) is a
promising approach to secure vehicular networks as well as ensure data and
location privacy, concealing the vehicles' real identities. Nevertheless,
pseudonym distribution and management affect PPKI scalability due to the
significant number of digital certificates required by a single vehicle. In
this paper, we focus on the certificate revocation process and propose a
versatile and low-complexity framework to facilitate the distribution of the
Certificate Revocation Lists (CRL) issued by the Certification Authority (CA).
CRL compression is achieved through optimized Bloom filters, which guarantee a
considerable overhead reduction with a configurable rate of false positives.
Our results show that the distribution of compressed CRLs can significantly
enhance the system scalability without increasing the complexity of the
revocation process.