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SPINS: Security protocols for sensor networks. (English) Zbl 1030.68814

Summary: Wireless sensor networks will be widely deployed in the near future. While much research has focused on making these networks feasible and useful, security has received little attention. We present a suite of security protocols optimized for sensor networks: SPINS. SPINS has two secure building blocks: SNEP and \(\mu\)TESLA. SNEP includes: data confidentiality, two-party data authentication, and evidence of data freshness. \(\mu\)TESLA provides authenticated broadcast for severely resource-constrained environments. We implemented the above protocols, and show that they are practical even on minimal 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.

MSC:

68U99 Computing methodologies and applications
68M10 Network design and communication in computer systems
68M20 Performance evaluation, queueing, and scheduling in the context of computer systems
94A60 Cryptography
94A62 Authentication, digital signatures and secret sharing

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