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@article{187561,
        author = {Aishwarya Pralhad Kamble and Ms. Sonali K. Shelke},
        title = {Evaluating Certificateless Public Auditing Scheme with Data Privacy Preserving for Cloud Storage},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {6},
        pages = {5349-5360},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=187561},
        abstract = {Cloud computing has transformed the way individuals and organizations store and access information by offering scalable, flexible, and cost-efficient resources. However, outsourcing data to untrusted cloud servers introduces challenges related to data confidentiality, integrity, and verification. Traditional Remote Data Integrity Checking (RDIC) mechanisms rely heavily on Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), which leads to certificate-management overhead. Identity-based schemes address certificate issues but introduce key-escrow risks. To overcome these limitations, this study proposes a practical Certificateless Public Auditing (CLPA) system that ensures integrity verification without certificates and preserves user privacy during auditing. The system is implemented using PHP, MySQL, AES/Triple-DES encryption, and a Third-Party Auditor (TPA) to verify stored data without accessing file contents. Experimental evaluation demonstrates that the certificateless approach reduces computation time, minimizes CPU utilization, and eliminates certificate-management overhead while ensuring secure, efficient cloud storage auditing.},
        keywords = {—Cloud Security, Certificateless Cryptography, Public Auditing, Data Privacy, Encryption, PHP-based Cloud Storage.},
        month = {November},
        }