UDT -Authentication Option field: An approach

This paper introduces a mechanism - UDT-Authentication Option (AO) to secure UDT -a new UDP-based data transport protocol. We describe this mechanism through the introduction of UDT extension to achieve security. We evaluate UDT-AO through the use of existing message authenticity for other protocols such as TCP. We review existing message protection that can act like a signature for UDT segment incorporating information known only to the connection end points. Since UDT is operating on UDP for high speed data transfer, we propose the creation of a new option in UDT that can significantly reduce the danger of attacks on applications running UDT. This can maintain message integrity during data transmissions on high speed networks.