A new ADV-hash approach supporting secure and DoS-resistant network reprogramming in wireless sensor networks(WSNs)

Yu Zhang, Zejun Jiang, Xingshe Zhou, Zhiyi Fang, Lifang Wang

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Abstract

Aim: Existing secure network reprogramming protocols are, in our opinion, deficient in that attackers can exploit the Deluge epidemic and suppression mechanism to launch denial of service (DoS) attacks. We propose a new ADV-Hash approach which we believe is without this deficiency. Section 1 of the full paper classifies the DoS attacks - caused by bogus advertisements - into three types. The core idea of section 2 consists of: (1) the ADV-Hash approach maps all the advertisements of coded updates onto a limited sequence of messages; (2) it employs the public key cryptography to sign the root of an ADV-Hash chain for once only so that the nodes of WSNs can achieve the lightweight authentication of control message. The TOSSIM simulation results, given in Figs. 5 through 7, and their analysis show preliminarily that our new ADV-Hash approach can effectively avoid the attacks caused by bogus advertisements without affecting the epidemic nature of the Deluge protocol, thus providing network reprogramming protocols with service availability.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)873-878
Number of pages6
JournalXibei Gongye Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Northwestern Polytechnical University
Volume27
Issue number6
StatePublished - Dec 2009

Keywords

  • ADV-Hash chain
  • Deluge protocol
  • Denial of service (DoS) attack
  • Network reprogramming protocol
  • Wireless sensor networks

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