Title :
A lightweight defence against the Packet in Packet attack in ZigBee networks
Author :
Biswas, Arijit ; Alkhalid, Abdulaziz ; Kunz, Thomas ; Chung-Horng Lung
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Syst. & Comput. Eng., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, ON, Canada
Abstract :
ZigBee is a standard for low-power, low-rate wireless communication. It is modeled on the physical layer and medium access control defined in IEEE 802.15.4. In this paper, we study an attack on modern radios called the “Packet in Packet” (PIP) attack. We replicate the attack in ZigBee devices and discuss possible defenses against the attack. We implement a solution to thwart the PIP attack in TinyOS and show through extensive experiments that the solution defends against the attack, while imposing little additional overhead.
Keywords :
Zigbee; access protocols; telecommunication security; IEEE 802.15.4; PIP attack; TinyOS; ZigBee networks; lightweight defence; low-rate wireless communication; medium access control; packet in packet attack; physical layer; IP networks; Communications; Defence; KillerBee; Packet-in-Packet Injection; Security; TinyOS; Wireless; ZigBee;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Days (WD), 2012 IFIP
Conference_Location :
Dublin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4402-9
Electronic_ISBN :
2156-9711
DOI :
10.1109/WD.2012.6402857