Security Analysis of a Distributed Reprogramming Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

Yong YU; Jianbing NI; Ying SUN

doi:10.1587/transinf.E96.D.1875

Security Analysis of a Distributed Reprogramming Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

Yong YU, Jianbing NI, Ying SUN

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Reprogramming for wireless sensor networks is essential to upload new code or to alter the functionality of existing code. To overcome the weakness of the centralized approach of the traditional solutions, He et al. proposed the notion of distributed reprogramming where multiple authorized network users are able to reprogram sensor nodes without involving the base station. They also gave a novel distributed reprogramming protocol called SDRP by using identity-based signature, and provided a comprehensive security analysis for their protocol. In this letter, unfortunately, we demonstrate that SDRP is insecure as the protocol fails to satisfy the property of authenticity and integrity of code images, the most important security requirement of a secure reprogramming protocol.

Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information Vol.E96-D No.8 pp.1875-1877

Publication Date: 2013/08/01

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Online ISSN: 1745-1361

DOI: 10.1587/transinf.E96.D.1875

Type of Manuscript: LETTER

Category: Information Network

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Yong YU
  University of Electronic Science and Technology of China,University of Wollongong
Jianbing NI
  University of Electronic Science and Technology of China,University of Wollongong
Ying SUN
  University of Wollongong

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security analysis, wireless sensor networks, reprogramming, authentication

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Yong YU, Jianbing NI, Ying SUN, "Security Analysis of a Distributed Reprogramming Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information, vol. E96-D, no. 8, pp. 1875-1877, August 2013, doi: 10.1587/transinf.E96.D.1875.
Abstract: Reprogramming for wireless sensor networks is essential to upload new code or to alter the functionality of existing code. To overcome the weakness of the centralized approach of the traditional solutions, He et al. proposed the notion of distributed reprogramming where multiple authorized network users are able to reprogram sensor nodes without involving the base station. They also gave a novel distributed reprogramming protocol called SDRP by using identity-based signature, and provided a comprehensive security analysis for their protocol. In this letter, unfortunately, we demonstrate that SDRP is insecure as the protocol fails to satisfy the property of authenticity and integrity of code images, the most important security requirement of a secure reprogramming protocol.
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