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Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are becoming very popular. The security of such networks is thus crucial. The asymmetric key cryptography results in increased computational overheads. WSN systems are not designed to handle such costs. Most WSN systems are based on symmetric-key cryptography mechanisms to avoid such overheads. However, they give rise to many security attacks such as sybil attacks. In this paper, we introduce a new protocol based on mutual authentication between a Sensor and User with asymmetric cryptography and low overhead handling cost. The information sharing between the Sensor Node and the User uses elliptic-curve Diffie–Hellman protocol. Further, the protocol protects from masquerade attacks, replay attacks, sinkhole attacks, sybil attacks, etc. The protocol is implemented and verified using AVISPA software.
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Verma, N., Kaushik, A., Nayak, P. (2021). A Lightweight Secure Authentication Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks. In: Gupta, D., Khanna, A., Bhattacharyya, S., Hassanien, A.E., Anand, S., Jaiswal, A. (eds) International Conference on Innovative Computing and Communications. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1165. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5113-0_21
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