Bootstrapping Key Pre-Distribution: Secure, Scalable and User-Friendly Initialization of Sensor Nodes
| dc.creator | Saxena, Nitesh | |
| dc.creator | Uddin, Md. Borhan | |
| dc.date | 2008-12-30 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T12:23:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T12:23:06Z | |
| dc.description | To establish secure (point-to-point and/or broadcast) communication channels among the nodes of a wireless sensor network is a fundamental task. To this end, a plethora of (socalled) key pre-distribution schemes have been proposed in the past. All these schemes, however, rely on shared secret(s), which are assumed to be somehow pre-loaded onto the sensor nodes. In this paper, we propose a novel method for secure initialization of sensor nodes based on a visual out-of-band channel. Using the proposed method, the administrator of a sensor network can distribute keys onto the sensor nodes, necessary to bootstrap key pre-distribution. Our secure initialization method requires only a little extra cost, is efficient and scalable with respect to the number of sensor nodes. Moreover, based on a usability study that we conducted, the method turns out to be quite user-friendly and easy to use by naive human users. | |
| dc.description | 10 Pages | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.4983 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0812.4983 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/213873 | |
| dc.subject | Cryptography and Security | |
| dc.title | Bootstrapping Key Pre-Distribution: Secure, Scalable and User-Friendly Initialization of Sensor Nodes | |
| dc.type | text |