Perrig, Adrian; Szewczyk, Robert; Tygar, J. D.; Wen, Victor; Culler, David E. SPINS: Security protocols for sensor networks. (English) Zbl 1030.68814 Wireless Networks 8, No. 5, 521-534 (2002). 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. Cited in 25 Documents 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 Keywords:secure communication protocols; sensor networks; mobile ad hoc networks; MANET; authentication of wireless communication; secrecy and confidentiality; cryptography Software:SPINS PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{A. Perrig} et al., Wirel. Netw. 8, No. 5, 521--534 (2002; Zbl 1030.68814) Full Text: DOI