• DocumentCode
    3010330
  • Title

    From uncertainty to secrecy: A dynamic approach

  • Author

    Xiao, Sheng ; Gong, Weibo ; Towsley, Don

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    7-10 Nov. 2010
  • Firstpage
    37
  • Lastpage
    41
  • Abstract
    Uncertainty is the pseudonym for many unfavorable effects in both wired and wireless communications. When uncertainty presents itself, a receiver suffers from information loss and communication efficiency is limited. Moreover, an adversary eavesdropping on the communication also faces inevitable information loss. This information loss can be utilized by legitimate users for security purposes. In this paper, we introduce the framework of utilizing adversary´s information loss as a security measure. Moreover, we propose a set of light-weight algorithms to generate a series of hash values, namely dynamic secrets, from communication traffic and then apply dynamic secrets to secure the communications.
  • Keywords
    cryptography; telecommunication security; telecommunication traffic; communication efficiency; communication security; communication traffic; hash values; light-weight algorithm; pseudonym; security purpose; wireless communication; Algorithm design and analysis; Cryptography; Heuristic algorithms; Silicon; Uncertainty; Wireless communication;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Signals, Systems and Computers (ASILOMAR), 2010 Conference Record of the Forty Fourth Asilomar Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Pacific Grove, CA
  • ISSN
    1058-6393
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-9722-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ACSSC.2010.5757462
  • Filename
    5757462