Title :
SKIP-securing the Internet
Author :
Caronni, G. ; Lubich, Hannes ; Aziz, Ashar ; Markson, Tom ; Skrenta, Rich
Author_Institution :
Comput. Eng. & Networks Lab., ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
Currently, two different approaches are being pursued for securing the Internet with respect to commercial use on a broad scale. The properties of these two approaches-application-coupled security vs. network-coupled security-are discussed and compared. We then focus on SKIP (Simple Key-management in the Internet Protocol) as an example of network-coupled security, and show how it can be used to provide easily upgradable `plug & play´ cryptographic security. Providing upgradable security is an ideal base for the employment of organically-growing security infrastructures, whose members still need to communicate with unsecured peers
Keywords :
Internet; cryptography; transport protocols; IP security; Internet Protocol; Internet security; SKIP; application-coupled security; commercial use; dynamic security; key management; network-coupled security; network-layer security; organically-growing security infrastructures; plug-and-play cryptographic security; unsecured peers; upgradable security; Authentication; Communication system security; Computer networks; Cryptography; IP networks; Internet; Kernel; Operating systems; Physics computing; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, 1996. Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Stanford, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7446-6
DOI :
10.1109/ENABL.1996.555058
