Article in Proceedings INPROC-2005-85

BibliographyWacker, Arno; Knoll, Mirko; Heiber, Timo; Rothermel, Kurt: A New Approach for Establishing Pairwise Keys for Securing Wireless Sensor Networks.
In: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems: ACM SenSys'05; San Diego, California, November 2-4, 2005.
University of Stuttgart, Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Information Technology.
pp. 27-38, english.
San Diego: ACM Press, November 2, 2005.
ISBN: 1-59593-054-X.
Article in Proceedings (Conference Paper).
CR-SchemaD.4.6 (Operating Systems Security and Protection)
C.2.0 (Computer-Communication Networks, General)
C.2.1 (Network Architecture and Design)
C.2.2 (Network Protocols)
KeywordsWireless Sensor Network Security, Key Establishment
Abstract

Wireless sensor networks based on highly resource-constrained devices require symmetric cryptography in order to make them secure. Integral to this is the exchange of unique symmetric keys between two devices. In this paper, we propose a novel decentralized key exchange protocol that guarantees the confidentiality of a key exchange even if an attacker has compromised some of the devices in the network. A central objective of the protocol design was to minimize resource consumption on the individual devices. We evaluate the resource requirements of our protocol in terms of memory requirements, CPU usage and network traffic both through theoretical analysis and through simulations.

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Department(s)University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, Distributed Systems
Entry dateMarch 14, 2006
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