Abstract
Node ID anonymity is a critical aspect of privacy inWireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). Exposing node IDs can helpadversaries to learn the underlying network infrastructure and tomount more serious attacks, such as attacks on important nodes(e.g., cluster heads). Therefore, providing ID anonymity shouldbe an integral part of the solution to secure WSNs, and shouldnot hinder other security properties such as accountability andintrusion detection. However, the latter requires that communicationnodes be identifiable globally in a dynamic WSN where thereis no fixed infrastructure support. Achieving these contradictingsecurity properties effectively and efficiently is challenging. Thispaper proposes a method, termed ID Anonymity PreservingScheme (ID-APS), to preserve node ID anonymity with a globalnode identification capability in hierarchical WSNs. Evaluationresults show that ID-APS achieves these properties at a lower levelof costs (computational, communication and memory overheads)than comparable methods.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | host publication |
Publisher | IEEE |
Publication status | Published - 20 Nov 2014 |
Event | The Eighth International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM 2014) - Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 16 Nov 2014 → 20 Nov 2014 |
Conference
Conference | The Eighth International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM 2014) |
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City | Lisbon, Portugal |
Period | 16/11/14 → 20/11/14 |
Keywords
- Wireless Sensor Networks; privacy; ID anonymity; pseudonym.