Defending DoS attacks on broadcast authentication in wireless sensor networks

IEEE International Conference on Communications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1653-1657

  Du, Xiaojiang ^a   Xiao, Yang ^b   Guizani, Mohsen ^c   Chen, Hsiao Hwa ^d  

^a North Dakota State University   (United States)

^b Department of Computer Science   (United States)

^c Parkview Campus   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Authentication; Broadcast; DoS attacks; Security; Sensor networks

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; AUTHENTICATION; COMPUTER CRIME; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; HYBRID SENSORS; RADIO BROADCASTING; SENSORS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BROADCAST; BROADCAST AUTHENTICATION; DIGITAL SIGNATURES; DOS ATTACKS; SECURITY;

SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 51249105540     PISSN: 05361486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2008.319     Document Type: Conference Paper

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