TY - GEN
T1 - Securing sensor networks with location-based keys
AU - Zhang, Yanchao
AU - Liu, Wei
AU - Lou, Wenjing
AU - Fang, Yuguang
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Wireless sensor networks are often deployed in unattended and hostile environments, leaving individual sensors vulnerable to security compromise. This paper proposes the novel notion of location-based keys for designing compromise-tolerant security mechanisms for sensor networks. Based on location-based keys, we develop a node-to-node authentication scheme, which is not only able to localize the impact of compromised nodes within their vicinity, but also to facilitate the establishment of pairwise keys between neighboring nodes. Compared with previous proposals, our scheme has perfect resilience against node compromise, low storage overhead, and good network scalability. We also demonstrate the use of location-based keys in combating a few notorious attacks against sensor network routing protocols.
AB - Wireless sensor networks are often deployed in unattended and hostile environments, leaving individual sensors vulnerable to security compromise. This paper proposes the novel notion of location-based keys for designing compromise-tolerant security mechanisms for sensor networks. Based on location-based keys, we develop a node-to-node authentication scheme, which is not only able to localize the impact of compromised nodes within their vicinity, but also to facilitate the establishment of pairwise keys between neighboring nodes. Compared with previous proposals, our scheme has perfect resilience against node compromise, low storage overhead, and good network scalability. We also demonstrate the use of location-based keys in combating a few notorious attacks against sensor network routing protocols.
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U2 - 10.1109/WCNC.2005.1424811
DO - 10.1109/WCNC.2005.1424811
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:24944483778
SN - 0780389662
T3 - IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC
SP - 1909
EP - 1914
BT - 2005 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2005
T2 - 2005 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2005: Broadband Wirelss for the Masses - Ready for Take-off
Y2 - 13 March 2005 through 17 March 2005
ER -