SECURE BRIDGING IN LARGE SCALE DEPLOYMENT OF ETHERNET

Khan Ferdous Wahid, Javier Rubio-Loyola

2010

Abstract

Considering the dominance of Ethernet with upcoming 100 Gbps line rate, service providers want to reduce their transport networks to simpler Layer-2 networks. Since existing Ethernet security mechanisms protect links in hop-by-hop basis, they cannot control access for disloyal authorized users in virtual or logical shared media infrastructure LANs. Also they leave data in clear inside intermediate systems, which increase threats when these systems are placed in public places. To address these critical security issues, we propose an authenticated on-demand secure bridging solution that can provide a point-to-point secure channel between Ingress and Egress Bridges across Bridged Ethernet network. To build such secure channel, we use Identity-based authenticated key agreement and signature protocol. Experimental results using our prototype software on a small multi-segment Ethernet network suggest that our solution is feasible, and guarantees secure bridging.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ferdous Wahid K. and Rubio-Loyola J. (2010). SECURE BRIDGING IN LARGE SCALE DEPLOYMENT OF ETHERNET . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Security and Cryptography - Volume 1: SECRYPT, (ICETE 2010) ISBN 978-989-8425-18-8, pages 251-260. DOI: 10.5220/0002992202510260

in Bibtex Style

@conference{secrypt10,
author={Khan Ferdous Wahid and Javier Rubio-Loyola},
title={SECURE BRIDGING IN LARGE SCALE DEPLOYMENT OF ETHERNET},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Security and Cryptography - Volume 1: SECRYPT, (ICETE 2010)},
year={2010},
pages={251-260},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002992202510260},
isbn={978-989-8425-18-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Security and Cryptography - Volume 1: SECRYPT, (ICETE 2010)
TI - SECURE BRIDGING IN LARGE SCALE DEPLOYMENT OF ETHERNET
SN - 978-989-8425-18-8
AU - Ferdous Wahid K.
AU - Rubio-Loyola J.
PY - 2010
SP - 251
EP - 260
DO - 10.5220/0002992202510260