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Citation
Mark Luk, Ghita Mezzour, Adrian Perrig, Virgil D. Gligor. "MiniSec: A Secure Sensor Network Communication Architecture". Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN), April, 2007.

Abstract
Secure sensor network communication protocols need to provide three basic properties: data secrecy, authentication, and replay protection. Secure sensor network link layer protocols such as TinySec and ZigBee enjoy significant attention in the community. However, TinySec achieves low energy consumption by reducing the level of security provided. In contrast, ZigBee enjoys high security, but suffers from high energy consumption. MiniSec is a secure network layer that obtains the best of both worlds: low energy consumption and high security. MiniSec has two operating modes, one tailored for single-source communication, and another tailored for multi-source broadcast communication. The latter does not require per-sender state for replay protection and thus scales to large networks. We present a publicly available implementation of MiniSec for the Telos platform, and experimental results demonstrate our low energy utilization.

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  Architecture</a>, Proceedings of IEEE International
  Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks
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  Mark Luk, Ghita Mezzour, Adrian Perrig, Virgil D. Gligor.
  "MiniSec: A Secure Sensor Network Communication
  Architecture". Proceedings of IEEE International
  Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks
  (IPSN), April, 2007.

• BibTeX

  @inproceedings{LukMezzourPerrigGligor07_MiniSecSecureSensorNetworkCommunicationArchitecture,
      author = {Mark Luk and Ghita Mezzour and Adrian Perrig and
                Virgil D. Gligor},
      title = {MiniSec: A Secure Sensor Network Communication
                Architecture},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on
                Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN)},
      month = {April},
      year = {2007},
      abstract = {Secure sensor network communication protocols need
                to provide three basic properties: data secrecy,
                authentication, and replay protection. Secure
                sensor network link layer protocols such as
                TinySec and ZigBee enjoy significant attention in
                the community. However, TinySec achieves low
                energy consumption by reducing the level of
                security provided. In contrast, ZigBee enjoys high
                security, but suffers from high energy
                consumption. MiniSec is a secure network layer
                that obtains the best of both worlds: low energy
                consumption and high security. MiniSec has two
                operating modes, one tailored for single-source
                communication, and another tailored for
                multi-source broadcast communication. The latter
                does not require per-sender state for replay
                protection and thus scales to large networks. We
                present a publicly available implementation of
                MiniSec for the Telos platform, and experimental
                results demonstrate our low energy utilization. },
      URL = {http://www.truststc.org/pubs/197.html}
  }
  

Posted by Adrian Perrig on 11 Mar 2007.
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