Comparing symmetric-key and public-key based security schemes in sensor networks: A case study of user access control

Proceedings - The 28th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, ICDCS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 11-18

  Wang, Haodong ^a   Sheng, Bo ^a   Tan, Chiu C ^a   Li, Qun ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS;

CASE STUDIES; COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF; COMMUNICATION OVERHEADS; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMS; ELLIPTIC CURVE CRYPTOGRAPHY; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; KEY-MANAGEMENT; MEMORY USAGE; MESSAGE COMPLEXITY; PROCESSING TIME; RECENT PROGRESS; SECURITY PROTOCOLS; SECURITY SCHEMES; SENSOR DEVICES; SYMMETRIC KEYS; USER ACCESS CONTROL;

PUBLIC KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 51849154205     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICDCS.2008.77     Document Type: Conference Paper

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