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Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review
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TY - GEN
T1 - Defend Your Home! Jamming Unsolicited Messages in the Smart Home
AU - Brown, James
AU - Bagci, Ibrahim Ethem
AU - King, Alex
AU - Roedig, Utz
PY - 2013/4/19
Y1 - 2013/4/19
N2 - A plethora of communication protocols for home automation are currently in use. These protocols generally lack essential security features such as message authentication. Thus, smart homes are not protected against accidental or malicious message injection. In this paper we describe how jamming can be used to prevent processing of unsolicited messages in smart homes. We describe how jamming based protection can be added to a home automation system without impairing legitimate transmissions in neighbouring houses. Furthermore, we present the initial evaluation of a jamming device and its capability to secure networks of a variety of protocol types. Our evaluation shows that even a single jamming device can significantly improve the security of a smart home.
AB - A plethora of communication protocols for home automation are currently in use. These protocols generally lack essential security features such as message authentication. Thus, smart homes are not protected against accidental or malicious message injection. In this paper we describe how jamming can be used to prevent processing of unsolicited messages in smart homes. We describe how jamming based protection can be added to a home automation system without impairing legitimate transmissions in neighbouring houses. Furthermore, we present the initial evaluation of a jamming device and its capability to secure networks of a variety of protocol types. Our evaluation shows that even a single jamming device can significantly improve the security of a smart home.
KW - access control
KW - home automation
KW - jamming
U2 - 10.1145/2463183.2463185
DO - 10.1145/2463183.2463185
M3 - Conference contribution/Paper
SN - 978-1-4503-2003-0
SP - 1
EP - 6
BT - HotWiSec '13 Proceedings of the 2nd ACM workshop on Hot topics on wireless network security and privacy
PB - ACM Press
CY - New York
ER -