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http://dx.doi.org/10.13089/JKIISC.2019.29.1.17

Secure 6LoWPAN Neighbor Discovery Address Registration Protocol  

Han, Sang-woo (Dankook University)
Park, Chang-seop (Dankook University)
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Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology / v.29, no.1, 2019 , pp. 17-28 More about this Journal
Abstract
6LoWPAN based on IEEE 802.15.4 is a realistic standard platform for various Internet of Things (IoT) applications. To bootstrap the LoWPAN (Low-power Wireless Personal Area Network), each device must perform 6LoWPAN-ND address registration to assign a unique IPv6 address. Without adequate security mechanisms, 6LoWPAN-ND is vulnerable to a variety of security attacks including corrupted node attacks. Several security mechanisms have been proposed as a supplement to the vulnerability, but the vulnerability exists because it relies solely on IEEE 802.15.4 hop-by-hop security. In this paper, we propose and analyze a vulnerability of 6LoWPAN-ND address registration and a new security mechanism suitable for preventing the attack of damaged node. It also shows that the proposed security mechanism is compatible with the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard and is more efficient than the mechanism proposed in the IETF 6 lo WG.
Keywords
6LoWPAN; Neighbor Discovery; Address Registration;
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