Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Version

submittedVersion

Publication Date

4-2010

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a new practical identity-based encryption scheme which is suitable for wireless sensor network (WSN). We call it Receiver-Bounded Online/Offline Identity-based Encryption (RB-OOIBE). It splits the encryption process into two parts -- the offline and the online part. In the offline part, all heavy computations are done without the knowledge of the receiver's identity and the plaintext message. In the online stage, only light computations such as modular operation and symmetric key encryption are required, together with the receiver's identity and the plaintext message. Moreover, since each offline ciphertext can be re-used for the same receiver, the number of offline ciphertexts the encrypter holds only confines the number of receivers instead of the number of messages to be encrypted. In this way, a sensor node (with limited computation power and limited storage) in WSN can send encrypted data easily: A few offline ciphertexts can be computed in the manufacturing stage while the online part is light enough for the sensor to process.

Keywords

Wireless Sensor Network Security, Identity-Based Encryption, Online/Offline Encryption

Discipline

Information Security

Research Areas

Cybersecurity

Publication

ASIACCS '10: Proceedings of the 5th ACM Symposium on Information, Computer and Communications Security, April 13-16, Beijing

First Page

337

Last Page

340

ISBN

9781605589367

Identifier

10.1145/1755688.1755734

Publisher

ACM

City or Country

New York

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1145/1755688.1755734

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