Mutual trust method for forwarding information in wireless sensor networks using random secret pre-distribution

作者：Lin, Chih Hsueh^*; Huang, Yu Hsiu; Yein, Alan Dahgwo; Hsieh, Wen Shyong; Lee, Chung Nan; Kuo, Pin Chun

来源：Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2016, 8(4): 1687814016642385.

DOI：10.1177/1687814016642385

• Wireless sensor network
• random key pre-distribution
• random secret pre-distribution
• identity-based cryptograph
• hash-based message authentication code

In wireless sensor networks, sensing information must be transmitted from sensor nodes to the base station by multiple hopping. Every sensor node is a sender and a relay node that forwards the sensing information that is sent by other nodes. Under an attack, the sensing information may be intercepted, modified, interrupted, or fabricated during transmission. Accordingly, the development of mutual trust to enable a secure path to be established for forwarding information is an important issue. Random key pre-distribution has been proposed to establish mutual trust among sensor nodes. This article modifies the random key pre-distribution to a random secret pre-distribution and incorporates identity-based cryptography to establish an effective method of establishing mutual trust for a wireless sensor network. In the proposed method, base station assigns an identity and embeds n secrets into the private secret keys for every sensor node. Based on the identity and private secret keys, the mutual trust method is utilized to explore the types of trust among neighboring sensor nodes. The novel method can resist malicious attacks and satisfy the requirements of wireless sensor network, which are resistance to compromising attacks, masquerading attacks, forger attacks, replying attacks, authentication of forwarding messages, and security of sensing information.

• 出版日期2016-4
• 单位中山大学