Secure access and management of smart objects with SNMPv3

Author

Zehl, Sven ; Scheffler, Thomas

Author_Institution

Beuth Hochschule fur Tech. Berlin, Univ. of Appl. Sci., Berlin, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

9-11 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

366

Lastpage

370

Abstract

Smart Objects are ordinary objects that become part of a network architecture. This allows remote control and management of such devices, as well as the development of tightly integrated usage scenarios. Application security for such devices is a very important prerequisite. This paper presents implementation details of an SNMPv3 agent that offers secure control and management functionality through application layer encryption and authentication provided by the integrated User Based Security Model. Our prototypical implementation of a smart object uses a wireless network based on the IEEE 802.15.4 standard. The network layer is built on IPv6 which is transmitted over a 6LoWPAN adaptation layer. The smart object uses an 8-bit microcontroller from Atmel and runs the network-enabled operating system Contiki in version 2.6.

Keywords

IP networks; cryptographic protocols; telecommunication security; wireless LAN; 6LoWPAN adaptation layer; IEEE 802.15.4 standard; IPv6; SNMPv3 agent; Simple Network Management Protocol; application layer authentication; application layer encryption; microcontroller; network architecture; remote control; secure control and management function; smart object; user based security model; wireless network; Authentication; Internet; Microcontrollers; Protocols; Random access memory; Standards;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Electronics ?? Berlin (ICCE-Berlin), 2013. ICCEBerlin 2013. IEEE Third International Conference on

Conference_Location

Berlin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1411-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCE-Berlin.2013.6697999

Filename

6697999