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WSN Authentication using RF Fingerprints (D.
Knox and T. Kunz)
Authentication
§Definition:
Act of establishing that a claim (e.g. of identity) that is being made
about an entity is true.
§Objective:
“Lively, Assured and Confidential communication”
§Based
on:
–What you have (possessed items: e.g. special
card/hardware)
–What you know (stored/remembered items: e.g. cryptographic key information or
passwords)
–What you are (physical attributes that are
hard to modify: e.g. RF
fingerprints)
WHAT YOU HAVE
WHAT YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU ARE