Title :
Efficient and enhanced broadcast authentication protocols based on multilevel μTESLA
Author :
Xiang Li ; Na Ruan ; Fan Wu ; Jie Li ; Mengyuan Li
Author_Institution :
Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
Providing lightweight authentication and resisting Denial of Service (DoS) attacks are challenging problems in wireless ad hoc networks, such as wireless sensor networks (WSNs). We introduce two improved protocols based on fault-tolerant protocol and DoS-resistant protocol in Multilevel μTESLA to overcome these difficulties. The proposed Efficient Fault-Tolerant Protocol contributes in shortening the recovery time when highlevel packets are lost, and hence reduces the risk of memory-based DoS attacks. The proposed Enhanced DoS-Resistant Protocol enhances the resistance to DoS attacks by offering packet-loss recovery of authentication message.
Keywords :
computer network security; cryptographic protocols; fault tolerance; message authentication; wireless sensor networks; DoS-resistant protocol; WSN; authentication message; denial of service attacks; enhanced broadcast authentication protocols; fault-tolerant protocol; lightweight authentication; memory-based DoS attacks; multilevel μTESLA; packet-loss recovery; recovery time; wireless ad hoc networks; wireless sensor networks; Authentication; Computer crime; Fault tolerance; Packet loss; Protocols; Wireless sensor networks; Broadcast Authentication Protocol (BAP); Denial of Service (DoS); Timed Efficient Stream Losstolerant Authentication (TESLA); Wireless Sensor Network (WSN);
Conference_Titel :
Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), 2014 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Austin, TX
DOI :
10.1109/PCCC.2014.7017109
