Security in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks

by Erdal Cayirci (NATO Joint Warfare Centre, Stavanger, Norway); Chunming Rong (University of Stavanger)

• ISBN13: 9780470516775
• ISBN10: 0470516771
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-12-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

This book provides an in-depth guide to security in wireless ad hoc and sensor networksSecurity in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks introduces the reader to the fundamentals and key issues related to wireless ad hoc networking, with an emphasis on security. It discusses the security attacks and counter measures in wireless ad hoc, sensor and mesh networks, and briefly presents the standards on related topics. The authors offer a clear exposition of various challenges and solutions in this field including bootstrapping, key distribution and exchange, authentication issues, privacy, anonymity and tamper resilience.Key Features:Introduces the fundamentals and key issues of the new technologies followed by comprehensive presentation on security attacks and counter measures Covers Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, hardware aspects of secure wireless ad hoc and sensor networks and secure routing Contains information on cryptographic primitives and electronic warfare Includes problems at the end of each chapter to enhance learning. Offers an accompanying website with extra learning resources including over 400 PowerPoint slides.This book is well suited for graduate students in computer, electrical and communications engineering and computer science departments, researchers in academia and industry, as well as C4I engineers and officers in the military. Wireless network designers for internet service providers and mobile communications operators will also find this book very useful.

Table of Contents

About the Authors

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Acronyms

Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networking

Introduction

Information Security

Scope of the Book

Structure of the Book

Electronic Resources for the Book

Review Questions

Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networks

Ad Hoc Networks and Applications

Sensor and Actuator Networks

Mesh Networks

Tactical Communications and Networks

Factors Influencing the Design of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networks

Review Questions

The Wireless Medium

Wireless Channel Fundamentals and Security

Advanced Radio Technologies

Review Questions

Medium Access and Error Control

Medium Access Control

Error Control

Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks

Wireless Local Area Networks

Wireless Personal Area Networks

Review Questions

Routing

Internet Protocol and Mobile IP

Routing in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

Routing in Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks

Review Questions

Reliability, Flow and Congestion Control

Reliability

Flow and Congestion Control

Review Questions

Other Challenges and Security Aspects

Localization and Positioning

Time Synchronization

Addressing

Data Aggregation and Fusion

Data Querying

Coverage

Mobility Management

Cross-layer Design

Review Questions

Security in Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networking

Security Attacks in Ad Hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networks

Security Attacks

Attackers

Security Goals

Review Questions

Cryptography

Symmetric Encryption

Asymmetric Encryption

Hash Functions and Message Authentication Code

Cascading Hashing

Review Questions

Challenges and Solutions: Basic Issues

Bootstrapping Security in Ad Hoc Networks

Bootstrapping Security in Sensor Networks

Key Distribution, Exchange and Management

Authentication Issues

Integrity

Review Questions

Challenges and Solutions: Protection

Privacy and Anonymity

Intrusion Detection

Defense Against Traffic Analysis

Access Control and Secure Human-Computer Interaction

Software-Based Anti-Tamper Techniques

Tamper Resilience: Hardware Protection

Availability and Plausibility

Review Questions

Secure Routing

Defense Against Security Attacks in Ad Hoc Routing

Secure Ad Hoc Routing Protocols

Further Reading

Review Questions

Specific Challenges and Solutions

SPINS: Security Protocols for Sensor Networks

Quarantine Region Scheme for Spam Attacks

Secure Charging and Rewarding Scheme

Secure Node Localization

Secure Time Synchronization

Secure Event and Event Boundary Detection

Review Questions

Information Operations and Electronic Warfare

Electronic Support

Electronic Attack

Electronic Protection

Review Questions

Standards

X.800 and RFC 2828

Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA

References

Index

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