Design and Implementation of a Mobile SSH Protocol

Author

Huang, I-Hsuan ; Tzeng, Wei-Jin ; Wang, Szu-Wei ; Yang, Cheng-Zen

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Yuan Ze Univ., Chungli

fYear

2006

fDate

14-17 Nov. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

SSH (secure shell) is a very popular secure communication application. Users can remotely login to servers through SSH channels with security protection. However, since the SSH protocol lacks mobility management support, an SSH session can be easily broken while the wireless device roams around. In this paper, we propose a mobile SSH protocol which employs an application-layer handover mechanism. We have implemented the proposed SSH protocol in OpenSSH and Putty. With the proposed protocol, the mobile users can switch from one wireless network to another without terminating their SSH sessions. This paper presents the design of the proposed mobile SSH protocol and the preliminary experimental results

Keywords

mobility management (mobile radio); protocols; telecommunication security; wireless channels; OpenSSH; Putty; SSH channel; application-layer handover mechanism; mobile secure shell protocol; remote login; secure communication application; security protection; wireless network; Communication system security; Cryptography; Delay; Internet; Mobile communication; Network servers; Protection; Roaming; Switches; Wireless application protocol;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

TENCON 2006. 2006 IEEE Region 10 Conference

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0548-3

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0549-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TENCON.2006.343956

Filename

4142302