A Testing Framework for Discovering Vulnerabilities in 6LoWPAN Networks

Author

Lahmadi, Abdelkader ; Brandin, César ; Festor, Olivier

Author_Institution

LORIA, Univ. de Lorraine, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France

fYear

2012

fDate

16-18 May 2012

Firstpage

335

Lastpage

340

Abstract

In this work, we present the process of identifying potential vulnerabilities in 6LoWPAN enabled networks through fuzzing. The 6LowPAN protocol has been designed by the IETF as an adaptation layer of IPv6 for Low power and lossy networks. The fuzzing process is build upon the Scapy packets manipulation library. It provides different mutation algorithms to be applied on 6LoWPAN protocol messages to assess its implementations security and robustness. The protocol behaviors are described using an XML format to define different testing scenarios.

Keywords

IP networks; XML; computer network security; personal area networks; testing; 6LoWPAN protocol; IETF; IPv6; Scapy packets manipulation library; XML format; adaptation layer; fuzzing process; implementations security; lossy network; low power network; mutation algorithm; testing framework; vulnerability discovery; Decoding; Engines; IEEE 802.15 Standards; Protocols; Security; Testing; XML; 6LoWPAN; Wireless Sensor Networks; fuzzing; vulnerability discovery;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS), 2012 IEEE 8th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hangzhou

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1693-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DCOSS.2012.48

Filename

6227765