Analyzing the energy consumption of security protocols
Abstract
Security is critical to a wide range of wireless data applications and services. While several security mechanisms and protocols have been developed in the context of the wired Internet, many new challenges arise due to the unique characteristics of battery powered embedded systems. In this work, we focus on an important constraint of such devices -- battery life -- and examine how it is impacted by the use of security protocols.We present a comprehensive analysis of the energy requirements of a wide range of cryptographic algorithms that are used as building blocks in security protocols. Furthermore, we study the energy consumption requirements of the most popular transport-layer security protocol SSL (Secure Sockets Layer). To our knowledge, this is the first comprehensive analysis of the energy requirements of SSL. For our studies, we have developed a measurement-based experimental testbed that consists of an iPAQ PDA connected to a wireless LAN and running Linux, a PC-based data acquisition system for real-time current measurement, the OpenSSL implementation of the SSL protocol, and parametrizable SSL client and server test programs. We investigate the impact of various parameters at the protocol level (such as cipher suites, authentication mechanisms, and transaction sizes, etc.) and the cryptographic algorithm level (cipher modes, strength) on overall energy consumption for secure data transactions.Based on our results, we discuss various opportunities for realizing energy-efficient implementations of security protocols. We believe such investigations to be an important first step towards addressing the challenges of energy efficient security for battery-constrained systems.
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- Authors
- Potlapally, N. R., Ravi, S., Raghunathan, A., & Jha, N. K.
- Affiliations
- Princeton University (US)
- Venue
- Proceedings of the 2003 international symposium on Low power electronics and design - ISLPED '03
- Publisher
- ACM Press
- Published
- 2003
- OpenAlex
- W4232314211
- Cited by
- 25
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 0.43
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED) (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Green IT and Sustainability
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Cryptographic Implementations and Security
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Advanced Authentication Protocols Security
- Keywords
- energy consumption, security protocols, wireless LAN, battery-powered embedded systems, SSL, cryptographic algorithms, energy efficiency, cipher suites, authentication mechanisms, current measurement, personal digital assistants, energy-efficient security
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