Open AccessLightweight Security for MQTT-SN
Author(s) -
M. H. Amaran,
M. S. Rohmad,
L. H. Adnan,
N. N. Mohamed,
H. Hashim
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2227-524X
DOI - 10.14419/ijet.v7i4.11.21389
Subject(s) - mqtt , computer science , message queue , encryption , computer network , block (permutation group theory) , internet of things , computer security , geometry , mathematics
This study discusses a method to secure Message Queuing Telemetry Transport-Sensor network (MQTT-SN). MQTT-SN is a popular data communication protocol used in developing IoT applications and can be secured by augmenting it with a security scheme. In this work, several lightweight encryption schemes to be used in tandem with MQTT-SN were tested and analysed. The best algorithm is identified based on the speed of encryption and overall power consumption when implemented in IoT environment. It was found that L-BLOCK is the overall performer in securing MQTT-SN and should be highly considered when developing IoT applications.