A new security protocol based on elliptic curve cryptosystems for securing wireless sensor networks

Authors:
Seog Chung Seo;Hyung Chan Kim;R. S. Ramakrishna
Affiliations:
Department of Information and Communications, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, Rep. of Korea;Department of Information and Communications, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, Rep. of Korea;Department of Information and Communications, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, Rep. of Korea
Venue:
EUC'06 Proceedings of the 2006 international conference on Emerging Directions in Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing
Year:
2006

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Abstract

In this paper, we describe the design and implementation of a new security protocol based on Elliptic Curve Cryptosystems (ECC) for securing Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). Some public-key-based protocols such as TinyPK and EccM 2.0 have already been proposed in response. However, they exhibit poor performance. Moreover, they are vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. We propose a cluster-based Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH) and Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) for efficiency and security during the pairwise key setup and broadcast authentication phases, respectively. We have implemented our protocol on 8-bit, 7.3828-MHz MICAz mote. The experimental results indicate the feasibility of our protocol for WSNs.