A Public-Key Infrastructure for Key Distribution in TinyOS Based on Elliptic Curve Cryptography
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A Public-Key Infrastructure for Key Distribution in TinyOS Based on Elliptic Curve Cryptography
| Title: | A Public-Key Infrastructure for Key Distribution in TinyOS Based on Elliptic Curve Cryptography |
| Author: |
Malan, David; Smith, Michael; Welsh, Matt
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| Citation: | Malan, David J., Matt Welsh, and Michael D. Smith. 2004. A public-key infrastructure for key distribution in TinyOS based on elliptic curve cryptography. IEEE SECON 2004: 2004 First Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks: 4-7 October, 2004, Santa Clara, California, 71-80. Piscataway, N.J.: IEEE. |
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| Abstract: | We present the first known implementation of elliptic curve cryptography over F2p for sensor networks based on the 8-bit, 7.3828-MHz MICA2 mote. Through instrumentation of UC Berkeley's TinySec module, we argue that, although secret-key cryptography has been tractable in this domain for some time, there has remained a need for an efficient, secure mechanism for distribution of secret keys among nodes. Although public-key infrastructure has been thought impractical, we argue, through analysis of our own implementation for TinyOS of multiplication of points on elliptic curves, that public-key infrastructure is, in fact, viable for TinySec keys' distribution, even on the MICA2. We demonstrate that public keys can be generated within 34 seconds, and that shared secrets can be distributed among nodes in a sensor network within the same, using just over 1 kilobyte of SRAM and 34 kilobytes of ROM. |
| Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SAHCN.2004.1381904 |
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