Multifactor Authentication and Key Management Protocol for WSN-assisted IoT Communication

Abstract

In this paper a novel multi-factor authentication protocol for IoT applications, relying on enhanced Rabinassisted elliptic curve cryptography, biometric features and time stamping methods, is developed. Furthermore, a fuzzy verification algorithm has been developed to perform receiverlevel user verification, making computation efficient in terms of computational overhead as well as latency. An NS2 simulation-based performance assessment has revealed that the multifactor authentication and key management models we have proposed are capable of not only avoiding security breaches, such as smart card loss (SCLA) and impersonation attacks, but can also ensure the provision of maximum possible QoS levels by offering higher packet delivery and minimum latency rates.

A Lightweight Multifactor Authentication Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks in the Internet of Things

“…They are using ProVerif in the security analysis and it show that that their protocol is secure against all the possible attacks. Furthermore, [6] addressed a comparable issue with WSN-aided IoT connectivity. By utilising improved Rabin assisted elliptic curve encryption, biometric characteristics, and time stamping techniques, they introduce a multifactor authentication and key management mechanism.…”

Secured Wireless Sensor Network Protocol using Rabin-assisted Multifactor Authentication

“…Using a combination of trust values in a cluster and fuzzy logic, the proposed solution was able to considerably increase security and prevent hostile or untrustworthy nodes from becoming the cluster head according to simulated results. Authors in [14] presented a key management scheme for flat networks and a hierarchical network in which the base station serves as the secure third party in charge of key distribution and network security management.…”