LEAP: efficient security mechanisms for large-scale distributed sensor networks

We describe LEAP (Localized Encryption and Authentication Protocol), a key management protocol for sensor networks that is designed to support in-network processing, while at the same time restricting the security impact of a node compromise to the immediate network neighborhood of the compromised node. The design of the protocol is motivated by the observation that different types of messages exchanged between sensor nodes have different security requirements, and that a single keying mechanism is not suitable for meeting these different security requirements. LEAP supports the establishment of four types of keys for each sensor node

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: CCS
• Authors: Sencun Zhu, Sanjeev Setia, Sushil Jajodia
• Keywords: Authentication Protocol, CCS 2003, Security Privacy, Sensor Network, Sensor Node