Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/SOFTCOM.2008.4669473
