TinySec: a link layer security architecture for wireless sensor networks

By Chris Karlof, Naveen Sastry, David A. Wagner. ACM International Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems, 2004

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Subfields: Computer Networks and Communications

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A survey of security issues in wireless sensor networks (2006, methodology): “In their work, ECC was used to distribute a single symmetric key for the link-layer encryption provided by the TinySec module [ 46 ].”
MiniSec: A Secure Sensor Network Communication Architecture (2007, methodology): “Secure sensor network link layer protocols such as TinySec [13] and ZigBee [28] enjoy significant attention in the co mmunity.”
Security of the Internet of Things: perspectives and challenges (2014, background): “The main application areas of wireless sensor network are wide which demands high data security, including data conﬁ-dentiality and data integrity, which can be solved by data encryption [49].”
Denial-of-Service detection in 6LoWPAN based Internet of Things (2013, background): “However, research community is involved in developing light-weight security solutions such as light-weight public-key cryptography [9] and end-to-end transport layer security [10], [11].”
SPINS: Security Protocols for Sensor Networks (2011, background): “The network layer, MAC layer and Transceiver (Physical layer) unit are called Data sending and Receiving Unit (DSRU).”
A Survey on Wireless Sensor Network Security (2009, methodology): “In their work, ECC was used to distribute a single symmetric key for the link layer encryption provided by the TinySec module [90].”
Group-Based Trust Management Scheme for Clustered Wireless Sensor Networks (2009, background): “In order to provide protection of trust values from traffic analysis or fabrication during transfer from one node to another, we assume a secure communication channel, which can be established with the help of any key management scheme [34], [35], [36], [37].”
Security in wireless sensor networks: issues and challenges (2006, methodology): “TinySec [35] proposes a link layer security mechanism for sensor networks which uses an efficient symmetric key encryption protocol.”
Wireless sensor network survey (2008, methodology): “TinySec: TinySec [85] uses link-layer security architecture to guarantee message authenticity, integrity, and confidentiality .”
A public-key infrastructure for key distribution in TinyOS based on elliptic curve cryptography (2004, background): “For this reason has publickey cryptography often been ruled out for sensor networks as an infrastructure for authentication, integrity, privacy, and security [6]–[9], even despite its allowance for secure rekeying of mobile devices.”
SDAP: a secure hop-by-Hop data aggregation protocol for sensor networks (2006, methodology): “The MAC, encryption and decryption mechanisms are used from TinySec [Karlof et al. 2004].”
Two-factor user authentication in wireless sensor networks (2009, methodology): “security [3], [4] and network layer security [2].”
mCrypton - A Lightweight Block Cipher for Security of Low-Cost RFID Tags and Sensors (2005, methodology): “General rule of thumb on the performance of security primitives required for sensor nodes is that one block processing should be completed in under a few byte times to avoid performance degradation due to the added cryptographic operation, where byte time refers to the time required to transmit a si”
The BikeNet mobile sensing system for cyclist experience mapping (2007, background): “TinySec: A Link Layer Security Architecture for Wireless Sensor Networks.”