A novel firmware secure transmission scheme based on SM2 threshold key agreement algorithm

During the process of embedded firmware upgrade, to protect the security of the firmware during transmission, this paper proposes an improved firmware transmission scheme based on the combination of the SM2 threshold key agreement algorithm. Between the server, client, and downloader, the SM2 key agreement algorithm is used to generate session key pairs to encrypt the firmware information, and the method of reinforcing and verifying re-transmission is adopted to ensure data security. In order to improve the security of the algorithm, a threshold algorithm is used in the key agreement process. The server acts as a trusted center to execute the threshold algorithm and divide the main secret private keys dA and dB. During the phase of key exchange, at least t+1 sub-secrets are required to recover the complete main secret. This paper successfully implements and verifies the feasibility of this scheme.