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In this work we present the first implementation of the Dahmen-Krauß Hash-Chain Signature Scheme (DKSS) for short messages on a Wireless Sensor Node. We point out one error in the originally proposed scheme concerning the specification of the employed pseudo-random number generator and provide a corrected specification. We also give a new time-memory trade-off between signing time and private key size. We present performance results for various message-lengths, which are a parameter of this scheme, for two different choices for the block cipher used to build the one-way functions employed in this scheme, allowing comparisons with previous implementations of other public-key signature schemes. Furthermore, we describe our implementation of a synchronization protocol, needed in practical applications of this scheme whenever a node lacks the predecessor of a signature.
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Mourier, N., Stampp, R., Strenzke, F. (2013). An Implementation of the Hash-Chain Signature Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks. In: Avoine, G., Kara, O. (eds) Lightweight Cryptography for Security and Privacy. LightSec 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8162. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40392-7_6
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