A Lightweight Quantum-Safe Security Concept for Wireless Sensor Network Communication

Heigl, Michael; Schramm, Martin; Fiala, Dalibor

doi:10.1109/percomw.2019.8730749

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“…For symmetric and asymmetric methods, especially when using elliptic curves, there may be further problems in the near future. Commonly used asymmetric methods today are vulnerable to attacks via quantum computers [8]. For this, longer keys or new algorithms must be used, which will lead to an increase in energy consumption.…”

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Comparison of Energy-Efficient Key Management Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks

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Heigl

Fiala

et al. 2019

Proceedings of the 2019 International Electronics Communication Conference

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A Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) contains small sensor nodes which monitor physical or environmental conditions. WSN is an important technology for digitalization of industrial periphery and is often used in environments which are not hardened against security impacts. These networks are easy to attack due to the open communication medium and low computing resources of the applied devices. Establishing security mechanisms is difficult while taking into account low energy consumption. Low cost sensors with limited resources make the implementation of cryptographic algorithms even more challenging. For WSNs cryptographic functions are needed without high impact on energy consumption and latency. Therefore, security in WSNs is a challenging field of research. This paper compares lightweight energy-efficient key exchange protocols which are suitable for WSN. The protocols were also implemented in WSN-capable Texas Instrument boards and the energy consumption was measured during the key exchange. This paper shows that schemes have to be chosen depending on the specific network requirements and that the usage of asymmetric cryptography does not always result in a high energy consumption. CCS Concepts • Security and privacy➝ Mobile and wireless security • Security and privacy➝ Key management • Security and privacy➝ Security protocols

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Comparison of Energy-Efficient Key Management Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks

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Heigl

Fiala

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Proceedings of the 2019 International Electronics Communication Conference

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“…JV Anand 3 proposes an approach that deals with a routing algorithm that relies on compression sensing data and trust-awareness, to handle routing in a clustered WSN. In this approach five optimization methods were used based on a developed methodology that focuses on maximizing trust in the route, minimizing message overhead, number of hops and maximum distance.…”

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“…Bennett and Brassard introduced the first quantum key distribution protocol in 1984, which has since been documented in a number of publications, as well as proof that it is unconditional. Quantum and classical channels are used in the BB84 protocol 19 for sending polarized light pulses via a quantum channel, such as an optical fiber, with each pulse containing one photon. It allows two parties, Alice as the sender and Bob as the receiver, to create a secret shared key using polarized photons qubits 20,21 WSN nodes often face resource constraints, such as computing capacity, memory space, and power management.…”

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“…In WSN, message security and sensor node authentication have become major concerns while data collection, security is the most important in the matter of the paper 3 .…”

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“…Network security is a concept of securing data in a designed manner that requires few resources and provides high throughput while consuming little power. Two types of light weight algorithms are symmetric and asymmetric, stream ciphers and block are both symmetric ciphers 3,4 .…”

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Improving Wireless Sensor Network Security Using Quantum Key Distribution

Alhasnawy

AL-Mashanji

2023

Baghdad Sci.J

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Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are promoting the spread of the Internet for devices in all areas of life, which makes it is a promising technology in the future. In the coming days, as attack technologies become more improved, security will have an important role in WSN. Currently, quantum computers pose a significant risk to current encryption technologies that work in tandem with intrusion detection systems because it is difficult to implement quantum properties on sensors due to the resource limitations. In this paper, quantum computing is used to develop a future-proof, robust, lightweight and resource-conscious approach to sensor networks. Great emphasis is placed on the concepts of using the BB84 protocol with the AES algorithm in WSN security. The results of analysis indicated a high level of security between the data by depending on the generation of secure keys, and reached an accuracy rate of about (80-95) % based on using NIST statistical. The efficiency of the work increased to 0.704 after using the Quantum Bit Error Rate equation, eventually increasing the network performance. This results in the reduction of the overall amount of energy, and the time required for performing the key exchange in the encryption and decryption processes decreased.

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Diffie-Hellman Algorithm Pedestal to Authenticate Nodes in Wireless Sensor Network

Ambika¹

2020

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

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A Lightweight Quantum-Safe Security Concept for Wireless Sensor Network Communication

Cited by 7 publications

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Comparison of Energy-Efficient Key Management Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks

Comparison of Energy-Efficient Key Management Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks

Improving Wireless Sensor Network Security Using Quantum Key Distribution

Diffie-Hellman Algorithm Pedestal to Authenticate Nodes in Wireless Sensor Network

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