Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:55:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTACAO RODRIGO SOARES SEMENTE.pdf: 1203856 bytes, checksum: 4eaca6c76cb5befb0c8681343579bc26 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-07-22 / Wireless sensors and actuators Networks specified by IEEE 802.15.4, are becoming increasingly being applied to instrumentation, as in instrumentation of oil wells with completion Plunger Lift type. Due to specific characteristics of the environment being installed, it s find the risk of compromising network security, and presenting several attack scenarios and the potential damage from them. It`s found the need for a more detailed security study of these networks, which calls for use of encryption algorithms, like AES-128 bits and RC6. So then it was implement the algorithms RC6 and AES-128, in an 8 bits microcontroller, and study its performance characteristics, critical for embedded applications. From these results it was developed a Hybrid Algorithm Cryptographic, ACH, which showed intermediate characteristics between the AES and RC6, more appropriate for use in applications with limitations of power consumption and memory. Also was present a comparative study of quality of security among the three algorithms, proving ACH cryptographic capability. / As redes de sensores e atuadores sem-fio especificadas pelo padr?o IEEE 802.15.4, est?o cada vez mais sendo aplicadas ? instrumenta??o, como na instrumenta??o de po?os de petr?leo com completa??o do tipo Plunger Lift. Devido ?s caracter?sticas espec?ficas do ambiente que est?o sendo instaladas, foram observados riscos de comprometimento de seguran?a da rede, e estudados v?rios cen?rios de ataques e os danos potenciais dos mesmos. Verificou-se assim a necessidade de um estudo mais detalhado de seguran?a dessas redes, que preconiza o uso de algoritmos de criptografia, como o AES-128 bits e RC6. Assim foram implementados os algoritmos AES-128 e RC6, em um microcontrolador de apenas 8 bits, e realizados estudos detalhados de suas caracter?sticas de desempenho, crucial para aplica??es embarcadas. A partir desses resultados foi criado um Algoritmo Criptogr?fico H?brido, ACH, que apresentou caracter?sticas intermedi?rias entre o AES e o RC6, mais apropriadas para uso em aplica??es com limita??es de consumo de energia e mem?ria. Tamb?m foi realizado um estudo comparativo da qualidade de seguran?a entre os tr?s algoritmos, provando a capacidade criptogr?fica do ACH.

In this thesis, two finalists of the AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) contest, RC6 developed by Rivest et al, Twofish proposed by Schneier et al, and preceding algorithm of RC6 cipher, RC5, are studied. The strength of ciphers to cryptanalytic attacks is measured according to different criteria. The studied evaluation criteria are the avalanche criterion and its derivations. After theimplementation of the algorithms and the test procedures, they are compared with each other. Different test criteria, including avalanche criterion, avalanche weight distribution (AWD) for randomness of RC5, RC6 and Twofish algorithms are applied / and the S-boxes of the Twofish algorithm are analyzed according to nonlinearity criterion. The avalanche criteria results of RC6 and Twofish are compared with NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Statistical Test Suite results.