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Distributed key agreement for group communications based on elliptic curves. An application to sensor networks
- Source :
- Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences. 39:4797-4809
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2015.
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Abstract
- Internet of Things is built on sensor networks, which are enabling a new variety of solutions for applications in several fields (defense, health, and industry). Wireless communications are key for taking full advantage of sensor networks but implies new challenges in the security and privacy of communications. Security in wireless sensor networks is a major challenge for extending its applications. Moreover, the restrictive processing capabilities of sensor nodes have made the encryption techniques devised for conventional networks not feasible. In such setting, symmetric-key ciphers are preferred for key management in wireless sensor network; key distribution is therefore an issue solved by means of the protocols presented in this paper. Diffie–Hellman protocol (since its development) has been in the most important cryptographic primitive being the base for plenty of security protocols. In this paper, we proposed three key exchange protocols derived from the Diffie–Hellman method, applied to elliptic curves, named ECGDH-1, ECGDH-2, and ECGDH-3. Each performs secure key distribution sharing a group key among different nodes optimizing different network parameters. The security of the methods is based upon the difficulty of solving the discrete logarithm problem on elliptic curves. Making its application feasible to restrictive environments. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects :
- business.industry
General Mathematics
General Engineering
Key distribution
020206 networking & telecommunications
02 engineering and technology
Diffie–Hellman key exchange
Key distribution in wireless sensor networks
Security association
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
020201 artificial intelligence & image processing
business
Key management
Wireless sensor network
Key exchange
Mathematics
Group key
Computer network
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01704214
- Volume :
- 39
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........09512e8e6b159acf52db45f849b93ea2