Security analysis of the MPOA protocol

Author

Rampal, Sanjeev ; Wang, Cliff X.

Author_Institution

IBM Networking Hardware Div., Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

102

Lastpage

105

Abstract

We discuss the security issues associated with the multiprotocol over ATM (MPOA) standard. The MPOA standard defines a protocol for sending Internet Protocol (IP) traffic over ATM networks in a way to efficiently utilize the fast switching capabilities of ATM networks, bypassing software based routers which are traditionally slow in performance. However the first version of this standard has not addressed any security issues. In any network of today, security related problems are a big concern for maintaining both application level and network level integrity. This paper addresses the security issues related to the current version of the MPOA standard. Security loopholes in this model are analyzed and possible solutions are proposed

Keywords

Internet; asynchronous transfer mode; cryptography; message authentication; telecommunication security; telecommunication standards; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; ATM networks; IP traffic transmission; Internet Protocol; MPOA protocol; MPOA standard; application level integrity; authentication; fast switching; information encryption; multiprotocol over ATM standard; network level integrity; performance; security analysis; security loopholes; software based routers; Asynchronous transfer mode; Bridge circuits; Emulation; Hardware; IP networks; Network servers; Software standards; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Transport protocols;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Southeastcon '99. Proceedings. IEEE

Conference_Location

Lexington, KY

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5237-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECON.1999.766101

Filename

766101