Detecting and Preventing Beacon Replay Attacks in Receiver-Initiated MAC Protocols for Energy Efficient WSNs

Alessio Di Mauro; Xenofon Fafoutis; Sebastian Alexander Mödersheim; Nicola Dragoni

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-41488-6_1

Detecting and Preventing Beacon Replay Attacks in Receiver-Initiated MAC Protocols for Energy Efficient WSNs

Alessio Di Mauro, Xenofon Fafoutis, Sebastian Alexander Mödersheim, Nicola Dragoni

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In receiver-initiated MAC protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), communication is initiated by the receiver of the data through beacons containing the receiver's identity. In this paper, we consider the case of a network intruder that captures and replays such beacons towards legitimate nodes, pretending to have a fake identity within the network. To prevent this attack we propose RAP, a challenge-response authentication protocol that is able to detect and prevent the beacon replay attack. The effectiveness of the protocol is formally verified using OFMC and ProVerif. Furthermore, we provide an analysis that highlights the trade-offs between the energy consumption and the level of security, defined as the resilience of the protocol to space exhaustion.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Secure IT Systems : 18th Nordic Conference, NordSec 2013, Ilulissat, Greenland, October 18-21, 2013, Proceedings
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	2013
Pages	1-16
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-41487-9
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-642-41488-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41488-6_1
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	18th Nordic Conference on Secure IT Systems (NordSec 2013) - Ilulissat, Greenland Duration: 18 Oct 2013 → 21 Oct 2013 http://nordsec2013.imm.dtu.dk/

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Conference	18th Nordic Conference on Secure IT Systems (NordSec 2013)
Country/Territory	Greenland
City	Ilulissat
Period	18/10/2013 → 21/10/2013
Internet address	http://nordsec2013.imm.dtu.dk/

Series	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	8208
ISSN	0302-9743

Keywords

Beacon Replay Attack
Receiver Initiated Medium Access Control
Wireless Sensor Network Security

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Di Mauro, Alessio ; Fafoutis, Xenofon ; Mödersheim, Sebastian Alexander et al. / Detecting and Preventing Beacon Replay Attacks in Receiver-Initiated MAC Protocols for Energy Efficient WSNs. Secure IT Systems: 18th Nordic Conference, NordSec 2013, Ilulissat, Greenland, October 18-21, 2013, Proceedings. Springer, 2013. pp. 1-16 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 8208).

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Di Mauro, A, Fafoutis, X , Mödersheim, SA & Dragoni, N 2013, Detecting and Preventing Beacon Replay Attacks in Receiver-Initiated MAC Protocols for Energy Efficient WSNs. in Secure IT Systems: 18th Nordic Conference, NordSec 2013, Ilulissat, Greenland, October 18-21, 2013, Proceedings. Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 8208, pp. 1-16, 18th Nordic Conference on Secure IT Systems (NordSec 2013), Ilulissat, Greenland, 18/10/2013. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41488-6_1

Detecting and Preventing Beacon Replay Attacks in Receiver-Initiated MAC Protocols for Energy Efficient WSNs. / Di Mauro, Alessio; Fafoutis, Xenofon ; Mödersheim, Sebastian Alexander et al.
Secure IT Systems: 18th Nordic Conference, NordSec 2013, Ilulissat, Greenland, October 18-21, 2013, Proceedings. Springer, 2013. p. 1-16 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 8208).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

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Di Mauro A, Fafoutis X , Mödersheim SA , Dragoni N. Detecting and Preventing Beacon Replay Attacks in Receiver-Initiated MAC Protocols for Energy Efficient WSNs. In Secure IT Systems: 18th Nordic Conference, NordSec 2013, Ilulissat, Greenland, October 18-21, 2013, Proceedings. Springer. 2013. p. 1-16. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 8208). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-41488-6_1

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