TinyIKE: Lightweight IKEv2 for Internet of Things
2019 (English)In: IEEE Internet of Things Journal, ISSN 2327-4662, Vol. 6, no 1, p. 856-866, article id 8424816Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
There is unanimous consensus that cyber security in the IoT is necessary. In cyber security, key establishment is one of the toughest problems. It is even more challenging in resource-constrained but Internet-connected IoT devices that use low-power wireless communication. A number of IoT communication protocols define cryptographic mechanisms for confidentiality and integrity services but do not specify key management. For example, IEEE 802.15.4, RPL, and object security all rely on external key management protocols. Due to the lack of automatic key management support, IoT devices either end up using pre-shared keys or no security at all. In this paper we overcome these challenges and present TinyIKE, a lightweight adaptation of IKEv2 for the IoT. Using TinyIKE, we solve the key establishment problem for multiple IoT protocols using a single IKEv2-based solution. We implement TinyIKE for resource-constrained IoT devices that run the Contiki OS. The TinyIKE implementation supports full certificate-based IKEv2 that uses Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC). In order to ensure the feasibility of TinyIKE in the IoT, we perform an extensive evaluation of TinyIKE using a setup consisting of real IoT hardware.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2019. Vol. 6, no 1, p. 856-866, article id 8424816
Keywords [en]
Contiki OS., Cryptography, IEEE 802.15 Standard, IEEE 802.15.4, IKEv2, Internet Key Exchange, Internet of Things, IoT, IP networks, Key Management, Protocols, Security, IEEE Standards, Internet protocols, Network protocols, Network security, Public key cryptography, Wireless telecommunication systems, Contiki ossa, IEEE 802.15 Standards
National Category
Computer and Information Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-34583DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2018.2862942Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85051003602OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-34583DiVA, id: diva2:1238760
2018-08-142018-08-142025-09-23Bibliographically approved