Security flaws and workarounds for IEEE 1588 (transparent) clocks

Author

Treytl, Albert ; Hirschler, Bernd

Author_Institution

Inst. for Integrated Sensor Syst., Austrian Acad. of Sci., Wiener Neustadt, Austria

fYear

2009

fDate

12-16 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Synchronized clocks are fundamental for multiple applications sometimes also requiring to protect clock synchronization protocol information against malicious attacks. This article analyses security vulnerabilities of the IEEE 1588 clock synchronization protocol caused by a flaw in the integrity check value (ICV) calculation. The paper elaborates counter measures that protect protocol addresses and prevent the misuse of security associations to replay IEEE 1588 messages.

Keywords

clocks; protocols; security of data; synchronisation; IEEE 1588 clock synchronization protocol; integrity check value calculation; security flaws; Clocks; Communication system security; Information security; Jitter; Master-slave; Peer to peer computing; Protection; Protocols; Synchronization; Wireless sensor networks; IEEE 1588; MAC modification; Security; clock synchronisation; security association flaws; transparent clocks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control and Communication, 2009. ISPCS 2009. International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Brescia

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4391-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4392-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPCS.2009.5340204

Filename

5340204