SPINS: Security Protocols for Sensor Networks

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SPINS: Security Protocols for Sensor Networks (2001)

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by Adrian Perrig , Robert Szewczyk , Victor Wen , David Culler , J. D. Tygar

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@MISC{Perrig01spins:security,
    author = {Adrian Perrig and Robert Szewczyk and Victor Wen and David Culler and J. D. Tygar},
    title = {SPINS: Security Protocols for Sensor Networks },
    year = {2001}
}

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Abstract

As sensor networks edge closer towards wide-spread deployment, security issues become a central concern. So far, the main research focus has been on making sensor networks feasible and useful, and less emphasis was placed on security. We design a suite of security building blocks that are optimized for resource-constrained environments and wireless communication. SPINS has two secure building blocks: SNEP and TESLA. SNEP provides the following important baseline security primitives: Data con£dentiality, two-party data authentication, and data freshness. A particularly hard problem is to provide efficient broad-cast authentication, which is an important mechanism for sensor networks. TESLA is a new protocol which provides authenticated broadcast for severely resource-constrained environments. We implemented the above protocols, and show that they are practical even on minimalistic hardware: The performance of the protocol suite easily matches the data rate of our network. Additionally, we demonstrate that the suite can be used for building higher level protocols.

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