Secure Communication in an Embedded Environment

Author

Khater, Mohammad Abu ; Amro, Malek H. ; Laban, A.A. ; Soudan, Bassel

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Sharjah Univ.

Volume

2

fYear

0

fDate

0-0 0

Firstpage

2583

Lastpage

2588

Abstract

Unprotected communication over a normal network is quite risky today, especially with the widespread abuse of electronic communication through eavesdropping, viruses and the like. This presents a challenge in an environment where remote monitoring of equipment is required. Especially if the operation is of a sensitive nature or the equipment is based on proprietary IP. It is possible to learn the mechanisms of such equipment through listening to their communication with the monitoring station. This paper presents a simple, inexpensive embedded system that ensures the security and privacy of such communication. The system is built from well-known, tried and tested components and is based on the well-established DES encryption algorithm

Keywords

cryptography; data privacy; embedded systems; telecommunication security; DES encryption; communication privacy; data encryption standard; electronic communication; embedded environment; embedded system; monitoring station; proprietary IP; remote equipment monitoring; secure communication; Business; Communication system security; Computer networks; Computer viruses; Costs; Cryptography; Engineering students; Information security; Manufacturing; Remote monitoring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information and Communication Technologies, 2006. ICTTA '06. 2nd

Conference_Location

Damascus

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9521-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTTA.2006.1684816

Filename

1684816