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Transactional Confidentiality in Sensor Networks
July/August 2008 (vol. 6 no. 4)
pp. 28-35
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Sameer Pai, Marci Meingast, Tanya Roosta, Sergio Bermudez, Stephen B. Wicker, Deirdre K. Mulligan, Shankar Sastry, "Transactional Confidentiality in Sensor Networks," IEEE Security & Privacy, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 28-35, July/August, 2008.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MSP.2008.107,
author = {Sameer Pai and Marci Meingast and Tanya Roosta and Sergio Bermudez and Stephen B. Wicker and Deirdre K. Mulligan and Shankar Sastry},
title = {Transactional Confidentiality in Sensor Networks},
journal ={IEEE Security & Privacy},
volume = {6},
number = {4},
issn = {1540-7993},
year = {2008},
pages = {28-35},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MSP.2008.107},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - MGZN
JO - IEEE Security & Privacy
TI - Transactional Confidentiality in Sensor Networks
IS - 4
SN - 1540-7993
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EP35
EPD - 28-35
A1 - Sameer Pai,
A1 - Marci Meingast,
A1 - Tanya Roosta,
A1 - Sergio Bermudez,
A1 - Stephen B. Wicker,
A1 - Deirdre K. Mulligan,
A1 - Shankar Sastry,
PY - 2008
KW - Computers and society
KW - public policy issues
KW - computer systems organization
KW - networking and information technology
KW - wide-area networks
KW - sensor networks
KW - operating systems
KW - security and privacy protection
VL - 6
JA - IEEE Security & Privacy
ER -
 
Sameer Pai, Cornell University
Marci Meingast, University of California, Berkeley
Tanya Roosta, University of California, Berkeley
Sergio Bermudez, Cornell University
Stephen B. Wicker, Cornell University
Deirdre K. Mulligan, University of California, Berkeley
Shankar Sastry, University of California, Berkeley
In a sensor network environment, elements such as message rate, message size, mote frequency, and message routing can reveal transactional data—that is, information about the sensors deployed, frequency of events monitored, network topology, parties deploying the network, and location of subjects and objects moving through the networked space. Whereas the confidentiality of network communications content is secured through encryption and authentication techniques, the ability of network outsiders and insiders to observe transactional data can also compromise network confidentiality. Four types of transactional data are typically observable in sensor networks. Measures to limit the availability and utility of transactional data are essential to preserving confidentiality in sensor networks.

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Index Terms:
Computers and society, public policy issues, computer systems organization, networking and information technology, wide-area networks, sensor networks, operating systems, security and privacy protection
Citation:
Sameer Pai, Marci Meingast, Tanya Roosta, Sergio Bermudez, Stephen B. Wicker, Deirdre K. Mulligan, Shankar Sastry, "Transactional Confidentiality in Sensor Networks," IEEE Security & Privacy, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 28-35, July-Aug. 2008, doi:10.1109/MSP.2008.107
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