Title :
A secure ATM VP coordination protocol
Author :
Kroculick, Joseph ; Hood, Cynthia
Author_Institution :
Tellabs Inc., Bolingbrook, IL, USA
Abstract :
The ATM will likely be used in the future to provide mission critical communications for military applications that require virtually fault-transparent service. To ensure this quality of service in a hostile environment, communication between ATM nodes requires strong security. An ATM coordination protocol effective for rerouting groups of virtual paths away from a network failure is proposed. Authentication of ATM end-points is combined with a protocol used to switch working traffic to protection resources. Authentication allows the source and sink end-points to absolutely identify each other such that a third host cannot impersonate one of the two
Keywords :
asynchronous transfer mode; cryptography; local area networks; military communication; protocols; quality of service; telecommunication security; telecommunication traffic; wide area networks; ATM end-points authentication; ATM nodes; LAN/WAN integration; communication security; cryptography; fault-transparent service; hostile environment; military applications; mission critical communications; network failure; protection resources; quality of service; secure ATM VP coordination protocol; sink end-point; source end-point; traffic switching; Asynchronous transfer mode; Authentication; Communication switching; Military communication; Mission critical systems; Protection; Protocols; Quality of service; Switches; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Military Communications Conference, 1998. MILCOM 98. Proceedings., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4506-1
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.1998.727003
