Security for the Internet of Things: A Survey of Existing Protocols and Open Research Issues

Granjal, Jorge; Monteiro, Edmundo; Silva, Jorge Sá

doi:10.1109/comst.2015.2388550

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“…Also, it provides the header compression to optimize the usage of the limited payload space and to ensure that it can be supported by the lower layers [32]. All 6LoWPAN packets transported over the IEEE 802.15.4 MAC layer include a stack of 6LoWPAN headers which use is optional [13]. The protocol supports multihop communication where the nodes can forward packets on each other's behalf.…”

Section: B B-mac (Berkeley Media Access Control For Low-power Sensormentioning

confidence: 99%

“…6LoWPAN (IPv6 over Low-power Wireless Personal Area Networks) 6LoWPAN is a network protocol responsible for universal Internet connectivity that enables low-power wireless nodes to connect to the Internet. It can be considered as a key technology that changed a previous perception of IPv6 as being impractical for a use in constrained low-energy wireless communication environments [13]. 6LoWPAN defines the communication on often-called adaptation layer for transmitting IPv6 over IEEE 802.15.4 networks [31].…”

Section: B B-mac (Berkeley Media Access Control For Low-power Sensormentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In order to achieve less interference along the frequency bands with an improved signal to noise ratio the standard employs different modulation techniques [13].…”

Section: Wsn Standards and Protocolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Compared to [13], rather than providing the research challenges and open research issues, we analyze the countermeasures available in the literature to ensure the protection of selected communication protocols from malicious activity. Our discussion is guided by the WSN protocol stack, but we also provide a categorization with respect to the attack they were built for, and we classify them into three groups: preventive solutions, intrusion detection schemes and reactive solutions.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…[8]- [13]) that have addressed the security aspects of IoT (Internet of Things) and WSNs. For instance, in [8]- [12] the main research challenges and the existing solutions in the field of IoT security are surveyed.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Survey of Potential Security Issues in Existing Wireless Sensor Network Protocols

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2017

IEEE Internet Things J.

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Abstract-The increasing pervasiveness of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) in diverse application domains including critical infrastructure systems, sets an extremely high security bar in the design of WSN systems to exploit their full benefits, increasing trust while avoiding loss. Nevertheless, a combination of resource restrictions and the physical exposure of sensor devices inevitably cause such networks to be vulnerable to security threats, both external and internal. While several researchers have provided a set of open problems and challenges in WSN security and privacy, there is a gap in the systematic study of the security implications arising from the nature of existing communication protocols in WSNs. Therefore, we have carried out a deep-dive into the main security mechanisms and their effects on the most popular protocols and standards used in WSN deployments i.e. IEEE 802.15.4, B-MAC, 6LoWPAN, RPL, BCP, CTP, and CoAP, where potential security threats and existing countermeasures are discussed at each layer of WSN stack. This work culminates in a deeper analysis of network layer attacks deployed against the RPL routing protocol. We quantify the impact of individual attacks on the performance of a network using the Cooja network simulator. Finally, we discuss new research opportunities in network layer security and how to use Cooja as a benchmark for developing new defenses for WSN systems.

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Section: B B-mac (Berkeley Media Access Control For Low-power Sensormentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: B B-mac (Berkeley Media Access Control For Low-power Sensormentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In order to achieve less interference along the frequency bands with an improved signal to noise ratio the standard employs different modulation techniques [13].…”

Section: Wsn Standards and Protocolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%