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The Second International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES'07)

DOI: 10.1109/ares.2007.135

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Securing Medical Sensor Environments: The CodeBlue Framework Case.

Proceedings article published in 2007 by Georgios Kambourakis, Eleni Klaoudatou, Stefanos Gritzalis
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Abstract

Research on wireless sensor networks targeting to medical environments has gathered a great attention. In this context, the most recent and perhaps the most promising complete scheme is the CodeBlue hardware and software combined platform, developed in the context of the self-titled Harvard's University project. CodeBlue relies on miniature wearable sensors to monitor real-time patients' vital activities and collecting data for further processing. Apart from the essential query interface for medical monitoring, CodeBlue offers protocols for hardware discovery and multihop routing. This paper contributes to the CodeBlue security, which until now is considered as pending or left out for future work by its designers. We identify and describe several security issues and attack incidents that can be directly applied on CodeBlue compromising its trustworthiness. We also discuss possible solutions for both internal and external attacks and the key-management mechanisms that these solutions presume