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Steel, Cast Iron and Concrete: Security Engineering for Real World Wireless Sensor Networks

STAJANO Frank, CVRČEK Daniel and LEWIS Matt. Steel, Cast Iron and Concrete: Security Engineering for Real World Wireless Sensor Networks. In: ACNS 2008. LNCS. Berlin: Springer Verlag, 2008, pp. 460-478. ISSN 0302-9743.
Czech title
Steel, Cast Iron and Concrete: Security Engineering for Real World Wireless Sensor Networks
Type
conference paper
Language
english
Authors
Stajano Frank (The University of Cambridge)
Cvrček Daniel, doc. Ing., Ph.D. (DITS FIT BUT)
Lewis Matt (The University of Cambridge)
Keywords

security engineering, 802.15.4, tinyos, attack, jamming, routing

Abstract

What are the real security issues for a wireless sensor network (WSN) intended to monitor the structural health of a suspension bridge, a subway tunnel or a water distribution pipe? Could an attack on the sensor network cause the structure to collapse? How easy is it for civil engineers or other domain experts to build a secure WSN using commercially available hardware and software? We answer these questions by conducting a qualitative risk assessment with bridge and subway tunnel operators and by conducting penetration testing on commonly available commercial WSN hardware and software, namely the Crossbow MICAz motes running TinyOS and XMesh and communicating over IEEE 802.15.4.

Annotation
Published
2008
Pages
460-478
Journal
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, no. 5037, ISSN 0302-9743
Proceedings
ACNS 2008
Series
LNCS
Conference
Applied Cryptography and Network Security 2008, Columbia University, New York City, New York, US
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Place
Berlin, DE
BibTeX 
@INPROCEEDINGS{FITPUB8579,
   author = "Frank Stajano and Daniel Cvr\v{c}ek and Matt Lewis",
   title = "Steel, Cast Iron and Concrete: Security Engineering for Real World Wireless Sensor Networks",
   pages = "460--478",
   booktitle = "ACNS 2008",
   series = "LNCS",
   journal = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science",
   number = 5037,
   year = 2008,
   location = "Berlin, DE",
   publisher = "Springer Verlag",
   ISSN = "0302-9743",
   language = "english",
   url = "https://www.fit.vut.cz/research/publication/8579"
}
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