Title :
TDM-PON Security Issues: Upstream Encryption is Needed
Author :
Gutierrez, David ; Cho, Jinwoo ; Kazovsky, Leonid G.
Author_Institution :
Stanford Univ., Standord
Abstract :
TDM-PONs (E/B/GPON) present several security issues that can easily be exploited by malicious users. We summarize these issues and present experimental results to demonstrate that, in particular, upstream encryption is required to prevent eavesdropping.
Keywords :
cryptography; optical fibre networks; telecommunication security; time division multiplexing; TDM-PON; eavesdropping prevention; passive optical networks; security issues; time division multiplexing; upstream encryption; Authentication; Connectors; Cryptography; EPON; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Optical reflection; Passive optical networks; Security; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348474
