[CORRESPONDENCE] On the Insecurity of Asymmetric Key-based Architecture in Wireless Sensor Networks

• Abedelaziz Mohaisen,
• Jeong Woon Choi,
• Dowon Hong,

Vol. 3, No. 4, August 30, 2009
10.3837/tiis.2009.04.003, Download Paper (Free):

• Wireless sensor neworks
• Security Architecture
• Key Management
• Security analysis

Abstract

In this article, we demonstrate that the asymmetric key-based architecture for securing wireless sensor networks recently introduced by Haque et al. is insecure under impersonation attack, since it does not provide authentication semantics. In addition, we show that, for the scheme to work correctly, the resulting key distribution construction should be symmetric and group-wise.

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