Title :
Information assurance for enterprise fiber optic networks
Author :
DeCusatis, Casimer
Author_Institution :
eServer Network Hardware Dev. Lab., IBM Corp., Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
Abstract :
A recent practical experience and emerging concepts in the protection of enterprise optical networks, such as those used by Fortune 500 companies worldwide is reviewed. Critical elements of data integrity are reviewed, including the cryptographic coprocessor features on mainframe enterprise-class servers, security issues on Fibre Channel networks with cascaded switching, and the hardening of untrusted storage area networks. Emerging protocols such as Encapsulating Security Payload over Fibre Channel and InfiniBand-to-Fibre Channel bridges are also considered. Finally, we discuss wavelength division multiplexing as a protocol independent channel extension and enabler for high data integrity architectures such as Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex® over metropolitan area networks.
Keywords :
cryptography; data integrity; metropolitan area networks; optical fibre networks; protocols; storage area networks; virtual private networks; wavelength division multiplexing; Encapsulating Security Payload protocol; Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex; Infiniband-to-Fibre Channel bridges; SAN; cascaded switching; cryptographic coprocessor feature; data integrity architecture; enterprise fibre optic network; information assurance; mainframe enterprise class server; metropolitan area network; storage area networks; wavelength division multiplexing; Companies; Coprocessors; Cryptographic protocols; Cryptography; Data security; Information security; Network servers; Optical fiber networks; Protection; Storage area networks;
Conference_Titel :
Information Assurance Workshop, 2003. IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7808-3
DOI :
10.1109/SMCSIA.2003.1232434
