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State-of-the-Art Lightweight Cryptographic Protocols for IoT Networks

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Proceedings of the Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2022, Volume 2 (FTC 2022 2022)

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Due to technical improvements, the Internet of Things has enabled the networking of devices capable of collecting vast volumes of data. Consequently, IoT security requirements are crucial. Cryptography safeguards the network's identity, data integrity, privacy, and access control. Since IoT devices impose so many constraints, certain encryption methods are not suited for IoT environment. Therefore, academics have proposed a variety of lightweight cryptographic protocols for protecting data in Internet of Things (IoT) networks. This paper investigates modern lightweight cryptography techniques for IoT networks and evaluates prominent ciphers now in use. Consequently, it divided contemporary into two categories: symmetric lightweight cryptography and asymmetric lightweight encryption. In addition, the security of several newly proposed block cipher and stream cipher methods has been assessed. In addition, the key alterations and potential future study areas have been examined.

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Hassan, A. (2023). State-of-the-Art Lightweight Cryptographic Protocols for IoT Networks. In: Arai, K. (eds) Proceedings of the Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2022, Volume 2. FTC 2022 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 560. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18458-1_21

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