Author: | E. Blaß, M. Conrad, M. Zitterbart | links: | DownloadBibtex |
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Source: | REALWSN - Workshop on Real-World Wireless Sensor Networks, Stockholm, Sweden, June 2005 | ||
Providing security for wireless sensor networks is a challenging task.
Besides physical restrictions like limited computing abilities and
available memory storage, a major problem results from the lack of any
infrastructure components in a sensor network. Central components for
security like e.g. key-distribution centers or Central Authorities
(CA) are impossible to realize. It is therefore difficult to
distribute encryption keys necessary for secure communication among
sensors. This paper presents a novel approach to securely distribute
keys to sensors joining the network. The approach is self organizing
and minimizes memory consumptions as well as radio transmissions.