MOBILE SECRET KEY DISTRIBUTION WITH NETWORK CODING

Paulo F. Oliveira, Rui A. Costa, João Barros

2007

Abstract

We consider the problem of secret key distribution in a sensor network with multiple scattered sensor nodes and a mobile device that can be used to bootstrap the network. Our main contribution is a practical scheme that relies on network coding to provide a robust and low-complexity solution for sharing secret keys among sensor nodes. In spite of its role as a key enabler for this approach, the mobile node only has access to encrypted version of the keys. In contrast with probabilistic key pre-distribution schemes our method assures secure connectivity with probability one, requiring only a modest amount of memory — initially each sensor node stores only one key per secured link.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

F. Oliveira P., A. Costa R. and Barros J. (2007). MOBILE SECRET KEY DISTRIBUTION WITH NETWORK CODING . In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Security and Cryptography - Volume 1: SECRYPT, (ICETE 2007) ISBN 978-989-8111-12-8, pages 171-174. DOI: 10.5220/0002126801710174

in Bibtex Style

@conference{secrypt07,
author={Paulo F. Oliveira and Rui A. Costa and João Barros},
title={MOBILE SECRET KEY DISTRIBUTION WITH NETWORK CODING},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Security and Cryptography - Volume 1: SECRYPT, (ICETE 2007)},
year={2007},
pages={171-174},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002126801710174},
isbn={978-989-8111-12-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Security and Cryptography - Volume 1: SECRYPT, (ICETE 2007)
TI - MOBILE SECRET KEY DISTRIBUTION WITH NETWORK CODING
SN - 978-989-8111-12-8
AU - F. Oliveira P.
AU - A. Costa R.
AU - Barros J.
PY - 2007
SP - 171
EP - 174
DO - 10.5220/0002126801710174