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An efficient dynamic access control scheme for distributed wireless sensor networks

International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, Volume 27, Issue 1

Pages 1 - 18

https://doi.org/10.1504/IJAHUC.2018.088350

Published: 01 January 2018 Publication History

Abstract

In wireless sensor network WSN due to resource limitations, node capture attack and new node deployment, access control is essential. An access control allows neighbouring sensor nodes to authenticate each other and establish secret key for future secure communication. Most of the existing access control protocols are not secure against different active attacks also not scalable due to involvement of the base station in the new node deployment phase. In this paper, we propose a distributed dynamic access control method for large-scale WSNs. Our scheme is efficient in respect to communicational and computational overheads and also secure against all different possible known attacks. In our scheme, involvement of base station is not required during authentication and key establishment processes. Moreover, we simulate our scheme for formal security analysis using the automated validation of internet security protocols and applications AVISPA tool and show that our scheme is secure.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3361570.3361605

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International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing Volume 27, Issue 1

January 2018

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Iqbal UBhola JJayasudha MAhmad MNeware RYadav AGelana F(2022)ECC-Based Authenticated Key Exchange Protocol for Fog-Based IoT NetworksSecurity and Communication Networks10.1155/2022/72648032022Online publication date: 1-Jan-2022
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Faye YNiang IGuyennet H(2019)New Node Distributed Access Control Scheme for Wireless Sensor NetworkProceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information Systems and Technologies10.1145/3361570.3361605(1-4)Online publication date: 24-Mar-2019
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