Identifier based key distribution protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

Author

Adeel, Muhammad ; Hussain, Munir ; Beenish, Urooj ; Mehwish, Shenila ; Tokarchuk, Laurissa ; Shahzad, Amer

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of London, London

fYear

2008

fDate

25-27 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

169

Lastpage

173

Abstract

Wireless Sensor Networks are being widely deployed for their inimitable characteristics. Besides benefiting through the features of scalability and coverage, these networks are prone to many security threats including Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. There are many aspects of security in sensor networks but our work focuses on key distribution and sharing protocols. We conduct a critical study of different key distribution & sharing protocols and analyze them for the possibilities of DoS attacks. We also propose Identifier Based Key Distribution Protocol that provides the solution for varied Battery Exhaustion Attacks in these protocols.

Keywords

cryptographic protocols; public key cryptography; wireless sensor networks; battery exhaustion attacks; denial of service attacks; identifier based key distribution protocol; wireless sensor networks; Batteries; Biomedical monitoring; Computer crime; Computerized monitoring; Data security; Information technology; Scalability; Vehicle detection; Wireless application protocol; Wireless sensor networks; Denial of Service; Key Distribution Protocol; Wireless Sensor Networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks, 2008. SoftCOM 2008. 16th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Split

Print_ISBN

978-953-6114-97-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-953-290-009-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SOFTCOM.2008.4669473

Filename

4669473