Title :
A secure communication protocol for ad-hoc wireless sensor networks
Author :
Pearce, Craig ; Ma, Vincent Yin-Man ; Bertok, Peter
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Technol., R. Melbourne Inst. of Technol., Vic., Australia
Abstract :
Security in wireless sensor networks is required for trust in the collected data; however, resource limitations have made the security need of secondary importance. The paper proposes a new application-layer SPKI/SDSI (simple public key infrastructure/simple distributed security infrastructure) protocol that provides secure communications, authentication and fast re-authentication. The protocol has been formally proven secure and results indicate the protocol to be suitable for wireless sensor networks.
Keywords :
ad hoc networks; protocols; public key cryptography; telecommunication security; wireless sensor networks; SPKI/SDSI protocol; ad-hoc networks; ad-hoc wireless sensor networks; authentication; secure communication protocol; secure communications; simple distributed security infrastructure; simple public key infrastructure; Access control; Access protocols; Authentication; Authorization; Chemical sensors; Computer security; Data security; Information security; Wireless application protocol; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing Conference, 2004. Proceedings of the 2004
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8894-1
DOI :
10.1109/ISSNIP.2004.1417441
