TinyTate: Computing the Tate Pairing in Resource-Constrained Sensor Nodes

Author

Oliveira, Leonardo B. ; Aranha, Diego F. ; Morais, Eduardo ; Daguano, Felipe ; López, Julio ; Dahab, Ricardo

Author_Institution

UNICAMP, Sao Paulo

fYear

2007

fDate

12-14 July 2007

Firstpage

318

Lastpage

323

Abstract

After a few years of intense research, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) still demand new secure and cryptographic schemes. On the other hand, the advent of cryptography from pairings has enabled a wide range of novel cryptosystems. In this work we present TinyTate, the first known implementation of pairings for sensor nodes based on the 8-bit/7.3828-MHz ATmega128L microcontroller (e.g., MICA2 and MICAz motes). We then conclude that cryptography from pairings is indeed viable in resource-constrained nodes.

Keywords

cryptography; wireless sensor networks; ATmegal28L microcontroller; TinyTate; cryptographic schemes; cryptosystems; resource-constrained sensor nodes; tate pairing; wireless sensor networks; Ad hoc networks; Base stations; Computer networks; Elliptic curve cryptography; Identity-based encryption; Microcontrollers; Monitoring; Public key cryptography; Security; Wireless sensor networks; Tate pairing implementation; bilinear; cryptography; pairings; security; sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Network Computing and Applications, 2007. NCA 2007. Sixth IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Cambridge, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2922-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NCA.2007.48

Filename

4276642