Implications of Radio Fingerprinting on the Security of Sensor Networks

Kasper Bonne Rasmussen; Srdjan Capkun

3rd International ICST Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks

Research Article

Implications of Radio Fingerprinting on the Security of Sensor Networks

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/SECCOM.2007.4550352,
    author={Kasper Bonne Rasmussen and Srdjan Capkun},
    title={Implications of Radio Fingerprinting on the Security of Sensor Networks},
    proceedings={3rd International ICST Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={SECURECOMM},
    year={2008},
    month={6},
    keywords={Cloning  Computer science  Computer security  Fingerprint recognition  Message authentication  Network topology  Protection  Protocols  Spread spectrum communication  Wireless sensor networks},
    doi={10.1109/SECCOM.2007.4550352}
}

Kasper Bonne Rasmussen
Srdjan Capkun
Year: 2008
Implications of Radio Fingerprinting on the Security of Sensor Networks
SECURECOMM
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/SECCOM.2007.4550352

Kasper Bonne Rasmussen¹^,*, Srdjan Capkun¹^,*

1: Department of Computer Science ETH Zurich 8092 Zurich, Switzerland

*Contact email: kasper.rasmussen@inf.ethz.ch, srdjan.capkun@inf.ethz.ch

Abstract

We demonstrate the feasibility of finger- printing the radio of wireless sensor nodes (Chipcon 1000 radio, 433MHz). We show that, with this type of devices, a receiver can create device radio finger- prints and subsequently identify origins of messages ex- changed between the devices, even if message contents and device identifiers are hidden. We further analyze the implications of device fingerprinting on the security of sensor networking protocols, specifically, we propose two new mechanisms for the detection of wormholes in sensor networks.

Keywords: Cloning Computer science Computer security Fingerprint recognition Message authentication Network topology Protection Protocols Spread spectrum communication Wireless sensor networks

Published: 2008-06-24
Publisher: IEEE
Modified: 2011-08-03

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SECCOM.2007.4550352