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We propose a novel solution for securing wireless ad-hoc networks. Our goal is to provide secure key exchange in the presence of device failures and denial-of-service attacks. The proposed solution relies solely on symmetric cryptography and therefore is applicable for highly resource-limited devices. In order to avoid a single point of trust, no master device or base station is used. We achieve this by enhancing our previously published approach with redundancy and algorithms for recovery on device failures.
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Wacker, A., Heiber, T., Cermann, H., Marrón, P.J. (2004). A Fault-Tolerant Key-Distribution Scheme for Securing Wireless Ad Hoc Networks. In: Ferscha, A., Mattern, F. (eds) Pervasive Computing. Pervasive 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3001. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24646-6_14
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