Enhanced Inf-TESLA Protocol: A Continuous Connectivity and Low Overhead Authentication Protocol via IoT Devices
Continuous and low-cost broadcast authentication is a fundamental security service for distributed sensor networks. This paper presents a novel development of a continuous and low-overhead broadcast authentication protocol named enhanced Infinite timed-efficient stream-loss tolerant authentication (...
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| author | Khouloud Eledlebi Ahmed Adel Alzubaidi Chan Yeob Yeun Ernesto Damiani Victor Mateu Yousof Al-Hammadi |
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| description | Continuous and low-cost broadcast authentication is a fundamental security service for distributed sensor networks. This paper presents a novel development of a continuous and low-overhead broadcast authentication protocol named enhanced Infinite timed-efficient stream-loss tolerant authentication (enhanced Inf-TESLA) protocol, based on the Inf-TESLA protocol, whose continuous authentication is limited to the duration of its keychains. The enhanced Inf-TESLA protocol satisfies important security properties, including lower communication and computational overhead; a continuous generation of keychains without the need to establish synchronization packets; scalability to a large network; and resistance to masquerading, modification, man-in-the-middle, and replay attacks. We also highlighted an unaddressed authentication issue in the last packets of the original TESLA protocol and proposed a corresponding solution. We performed a simulation analysis using JAVA and proved that, compared to the Inf-TESLA protocol, the enhanced Inf-TESLA protocol can continuously authenticate packets for the entire lifetime of the receiver. We also compared the enhanced Inf-TESLA protocol with the original TESLA protocol in terms of time complexity and critical authentication processes. The results revealed the superiority of the enhanced Inf-TESLA protocol over the original TESLA protocol in terms of the message authentication code (MAC) value generation time and packet authentication time, which we believe can significantly improve the lifetime and lower the energy expenditure of Internet of Things devices with limited power sources. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d8609670b62648f9a9db3d179447f8dc2022-12-22T03:36:06ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362022-01-0110549125492110.1109/ACCESS.2022.31772689780182Enhanced Inf-TESLA Protocol: A Continuous Connectivity and Low Overhead Authentication Protocol via IoT DevicesKhouloud Eledlebi0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-4041Ahmed Adel Alzubaidi1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7313-5649Chan Yeob Yeun2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1398-952XErnesto Damiani3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9557-6496Victor Mateu4Yousof Al-Hammadi5https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6469-9154Center for Cyber-Physical Systems, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesCenter for Cyber-Physical Systems, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesCenter for Cyber-Physical Systems, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesTechnology Innovation Institute, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesContinuous and low-cost broadcast authentication is a fundamental security service for distributed sensor networks. This paper presents a novel development of a continuous and low-overhead broadcast authentication protocol named enhanced Infinite timed-efficient stream-loss tolerant authentication (enhanced Inf-TESLA) protocol, based on the Inf-TESLA protocol, whose continuous authentication is limited to the duration of its keychains. The enhanced Inf-TESLA protocol satisfies important security properties, including lower communication and computational overhead; a continuous generation of keychains without the need to establish synchronization packets; scalability to a large network; and resistance to masquerading, modification, man-in-the-middle, and replay attacks. We also highlighted an unaddressed authentication issue in the last packets of the original TESLA protocol and proposed a corresponding solution. We performed a simulation analysis using JAVA and proved that, compared to the Inf-TESLA protocol, the enhanced Inf-TESLA protocol can continuously authenticate packets for the entire lifetime of the receiver. We also compared the enhanced Inf-TESLA protocol with the original TESLA protocol in terms of time complexity and critical authentication processes. The results revealed the superiority of the enhanced Inf-TESLA protocol over the original TESLA protocol in terms of the message authentication code (MAC) value generation time and packet authentication time, which we believe can significantly improve the lifetime and lower the energy expenditure of Internet of Things devices with limited power sources.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9780182/Continuous authenticationInternet of Thingslow overheadTESLA protocoltime complexity |
| spellingShingle | Khouloud Eledlebi Ahmed Adel Alzubaidi Chan Yeob Yeun Ernesto Damiani Victor Mateu Yousof Al-Hammadi Enhanced Inf-TESLA Protocol: A Continuous Connectivity and Low Overhead Authentication Protocol via IoT Devices IEEE Access Continuous authentication Internet of Things low overhead TESLA protocol time complexity |
| title | Enhanced Inf-TESLA Protocol: A Continuous Connectivity and Low Overhead Authentication Protocol via IoT Devices |
| title_full | Enhanced Inf-TESLA Protocol: A Continuous Connectivity and Low Overhead Authentication Protocol via IoT Devices |
| title_fullStr | Enhanced Inf-TESLA Protocol: A Continuous Connectivity and Low Overhead Authentication Protocol via IoT Devices |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhanced Inf-TESLA Protocol: A Continuous Connectivity and Low Overhead Authentication Protocol via IoT Devices |
| title_short | Enhanced Inf-TESLA Protocol: A Continuous Connectivity and Low Overhead Authentication Protocol via IoT Devices |
| title_sort | enhanced inf tesla protocol a continuous connectivity and low overhead authentication protocol via iot devices |
| topic | Continuous authentication Internet of Things low overhead TESLA protocol time complexity |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9780182/ |
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