Title :
Security threats and risks with content transformation intermediaries
Author :
Srinivas, B.S. ; Chan, Tat
Author_Institution :
Nokia Res. Center, Burlington, MA, USA
fDate :
23 Feb.-1 March 2003
Abstract :
Consumers, in contemporary networks, require transformation of the delivered content for numerous reasons. These include language translation, virus scanning, limited bandwidth and display capabilities and several others. Content transformation (CT) may be performed at either end of the network as well as in the middle of the network through intermediaries. As an example, the Open Pluggable Edge Services (OPES) working group, in the IETF, addresses the issues related to the provision of CT services both at the edges as well as in the middle of the network. This paper is an attempt to define the security threats introduced by the inclusion of CT intermediaries. In addition to the threats, the effects of such security threats on the underlying architecture as well as the requirements of a security solution to mitigate such threats are discussed architecture as well as the requirements of a security solution to mitigate such threats are discussed.
Keywords :
computer viruses; open systems; security of data; telecommunication networks; telecommunication security; telecommunication services; CT services; IETF; OPES working group; Open Pluggable Edge Services; contemporary networks; content transformation intermediaries; display; language translation; limited bandwidth; network architecture; security threats; signaling traffic; virus scanning; Availability; Bandwidth; Communication system security; Data security; Displays; Performance analysis; Protection;
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunications, 2003. ICT 2003. 10th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7661-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICTEL.2003.1191479