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Lightweight PUF-based authentication protocol for IoT devices

Lightweight PUF-based authentication protocol for IoT devices
Lightweight PUF-based authentication protocol for IoT devices

Conventional cryptographic solutions to the security are expensive in terms of computing resources (memory and processing capacity) and power consumption. They are not suitable for the Internet of Things devices that have constrained resources. In this regard, physically unclonable functions (PUFs) have become an increasingly popular technology for building secure authentication in these systems. In this paper, we propose lightweight PUF-based authentication protocol. This was implemented on a wireless sensor network constructed using the resource-limited IoT devices: Zolertia Zoul re-mote. The functionality of the proposed scheme was verified using a server-client configuration. Then power consumption and memory utilisation of the proposed protocol were estimated and compared with the existing solutions, namely: DTLS (datagram transport layer security) handshake protocol and UDP (user datagram protocol). Our results indicate that the proposed PUF based authentication saves up to 45% power and uses 12% less memory compared to DTLS handshake authentication.

Authentication, Internet of Things, Physically Unclonable Functions, Wireless Sensor
38-43
IEEE
Yilmaz, Yildiran
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Gunn, Steve R.
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Halak, Basel
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Yilmaz, Yildiran
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Gunn, Steve R.
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Halak, Basel
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Yilmaz, Yildiran, Gunn, Steve R. and Halak, Basel (2018) Lightweight PUF-based authentication protocol for IoT devices. In 2018 IEEE 3rd International Verification and Security Workshop, IVSW 2018. IEEE. pp. 38-43 . (doi:10.1109/IVSW.2018.8494884).

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Abstract

Conventional cryptographic solutions to the security are expensive in terms of computing resources (memory and processing capacity) and power consumption. They are not suitable for the Internet of Things devices that have constrained resources. In this regard, physically unclonable functions (PUFs) have become an increasingly popular technology for building secure authentication in these systems. In this paper, we propose lightweight PUF-based authentication protocol. This was implemented on a wireless sensor network constructed using the resource-limited IoT devices: Zolertia Zoul re-mote. The functionality of the proposed scheme was verified using a server-client configuration. Then power consumption and memory utilisation of the proposed protocol were estimated and compared with the existing solutions, namely: DTLS (datagram transport layer security) handshake protocol and UDP (user datagram protocol). Our results indicate that the proposed PUF based authentication saves up to 45% power and uses 12% less memory compared to DTLS handshake authentication.

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Published date: 16 October 2018
Venue - Dates: 3rd IEEE International Verification and Security Workshop, IVSW 2018, , Costa Brava, Spain, 2018-07-02 - 2018-07-04
Keywords: Authentication, Internet of Things, Physically Unclonable Functions, Wireless Sensor

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Local EPrints ID: 426988
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/426988
PURE UUID: fa4640e0-ea4b-4cce-aa88-e66ea20fc3b5
ORCID for Yildiran Yilmaz: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5337-6090
ORCID for Basel Halak: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3470-7226

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Date deposited: 20 Dec 2018 17:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 04:07

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Author: Yildiran Yilmaz ORCID iD
Author: Steve R. Gunn
Author: Basel Halak ORCID iD

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