DocumentCode
3483925
Title
Security of railway EOT systems
Author
Craven, Paul V. ; Craven, Stephen
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Simpson Coll., Indianola, IN, USA
fYear
2005
fDate
16-18 March 2005
Firstpage
199
Lastpage
204
Abstract
Most railway trains use an end of train (EOT) device to communicate from the front of the train to the end of the train. The wireless protocol for these communications is not secure. This would allow a hostile person to initiate at emergency braking event with most freight and passenger trains. This paper examines the vulnerability and recommends a new protocol to reduce the threat. The protocol is backwards-compatible with the current protocol.
Keywords
locomotives; protocols; railways; telecommunication security; emergency braking event; end of train device; freight train; passenger train; railway EOT system security; wireless protocol; Batteries; Communication switching; Communication system control; Communication system security; Computer science; Data security; Educational institutions; Rail transportation; Railway engineering; Wireless application protocol;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Rail Conference, 2005. Proceedings of the 2005 ASME/IEEE Joint
Print_ISBN
0-7918-3752-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/RRCON.2005.186080
Filename
1460844
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