Title :
NIS03-3: RC4-based Security in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks
Author :
Hu, Ziping ; Kartalopoulos, Stamatios V. ; Verma, Pramode K.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK
fDate :
Nov. 27 2006-Dec. 1 2006
Abstract :
This paper identifies the security vulnerabilities in ethernet passive optical networks (EPONs), and proposes a RC4-based encryption and a key distribution scheme based on the Diffie-Hellman key exchange algorithm. The proposed method is expected to provide the benefits of a streaming cipher while at the same time using securely shared secret keys among the OLT and each ONU.
Keywords :
cryptography; optical computing; optical fibre LAN; telecommunication security; Diffie-Hellman key exchange algorithm; Ethernet passive optical networks; RC4-based security; cipher streaming; encryption; key distribution scheme; Broadcasting; Cryptography; EPON; Ethernet networks; Optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 2006. GLOBECOM '06. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0356-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1930-529X
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.2006.275
