LwAKE: A Lightweight Authenticated Key Exchange for Class 0 Devices. (30th May 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Echevarria, Juan Jose; Legarda, Jon; Larrañaga, Janire; Ruiz-de-Garibay, Jonathan
• Other Names: Ferrari Gianluigi Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: International journal of distributed sensor networks. (2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-05-30
• Subjects: Sensor networks -- Periodicals; Intelligent agents (Computer software) -- Periodicals; Multisensor data fusion -- Periodicals; 681.2
• DOI: 10.1155/2016/6236494
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1550-1329

Abstract

Abstract : Device-to-Device (D2D) communication enables devices in proximity to establish a wireless direct link. However, these devices may be severely constrained in terms of memory, CPU, and processing resources. Hence, a D2D communication with a constrained device implies new challenges as it does not have the resources required to be secured with standard cryptography. We propose lwAKE for class 0 devices (RFC 7228), which uses one-way cryptographic functions and zero-knowledge proofs to provide mutual authentication and a secure key establishment. We specify the protocol using the High Level Protocol Specification Language and then verify the security properties using the model checkers OFMC and CL-AtSe. The significance of the protocol stands in a key reuse for any successive authentication. Experimental results show that this shortened authentication mode reduces the computational load greatly.