Key handling in wireless sensor networks

With the rapid growth of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), many advanced application areas have received significant attention. However, security will be an important factor for their full adoption. Wireless sensor nodes pose unique challenges and as such traditional security protocols, used in tradi...

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Published in:Journal of physics. Conference series 2007-07, Vol.76 (1), p.012060
Main Authors: Li, Y, Newe, T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Authentication
Cryptography
Nodes
Physics
Privacy
Security services
Sensors
Wireless networks
Wireless sensor networks
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Summary:With the rapid growth of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), many advanced application areas have received significant attention. However, security will be an important factor for their full adoption. Wireless sensor nodes pose unique challenges and as such traditional security protocols, used in traditional networks cannot be applied directly. Some new protocols have been published recently with the goal of providing both privacy of data and authentication of sensor nodes for WSNs. Such protocols can employ private-key and/or public key cryptographic algorithms. Public key algorithms hold the promise of simplifying the network infrastructure required to provide security services such as: privacy, authentication and non-repudiation, while symmetric algorithms require less processing power on the lower power wireless node. In this paper a selection of key establishment/agreement protocols are reviewed and they are broadly divided into two categories: group key agreement protocols and pair-wise key establishment protocols. A summary of the capabilities and security related services provided by each protocol is provided.
ISSN:1742-6596
1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/76/1/012060