Security and Privacy in Wireless Sensor Network Using RC6 Algorithm

Shailesh N. Sisat, Prof. Shrikant J. Honade

RC5, RC6, WSN, Security.

With the widespread growth in applications for resource limited Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), the need for reliable and efficient security mechanisms for them has increased manifold but its implementation is a non-trivial task. Limitations in processing speed, battery power, bandwidth and memory constrain the applicability of existing cryptography algorithms for WSNs. Several security mechanisms have been introduced to address the need for security in WSNs. To provide a better understanding of these security mechanisms, two encryption algorithms RC5 and RC6 have been studied and implemented in WSN environment.