Title :
Security issues in all-optical networks
Author :
Médard, Muriel ; Marquis, Douglas ; Barry, Richard A. ; Finn, Steven G.
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
All-optical networks are emerging as a promising technology for terabit per second class communications. However, they are intrinsically different from electro-optical networks, particularly because they do not regenerate signals in the network. The characteristics of all-optical network components and architectures manifest new and still unstudied security vulnerabilities but also offer a new array of possible countermeasures. We focus on two types of attacks on the physical security of the network: service disruption, which prevents communication or degrades quality of service (QoS), and tapping, which compromises privacy by providing unauthorized users access to data which may be used for eavesdropping or traffic analysis
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; security of data; telecommunication traffic; QoS; all-optical network architectures; all-optical network components; countermeasures; eavesdropping; network security; physical security attacks; privacy; quality of service; service disruption; tapping; traffic analysis; unauthorized users; All-optical networks; Asynchronous transfer mode; Circuits; Intelligent networks; Multiaccess communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber testing; Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength routing;
Journal_Title :
Network, IEEE
