IPv6 address obfuscation by intermediate middlebox in coordination with connected devices

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Contributors

  • Florent Fourcot - , Télécom Bretagne, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Laurent Toutain - , Télécom Bretagne (Author)
  • Stefan Köpsell - , Chair of Privacy and Data Security (Author)
  • Frédéric Cuppens - , Télécom Bretagne (Author)
  • Nora Cuppens-Boulahia - , Télécom Bretagne (Author)

Abstract

Privacy is a major concern on the current Internet, but transport mechanisms like IPv4 and more specifically IPv6 do not offer the necessary protection to users. However, the IPv6 address size allows designing privacy mechanisms impossible in IPv4. Nevertheless existing solutions like Privacy Extensions [20] are not optimal, still only one address is in use for several communications over time. And it does not offer control of the network by the administrator (end devices use randomly generated addresses). Our IPv6 privacy proposal uses ephemeral addresses outside the trusted network but stable addresses inside the local network, allowing the control of the local network security by the administrator. Our solution is based on new opportunities of IPv6: a large address space and a new flow label field. In combination with Cryptographically Generated Addresses, we can provide protection against spoofing on the local network and enhanced privacy for Internet communication.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Communication Networking
PublisherSpringer, Berlin [u. a.]
Pages148-160
Number of pages13
ISBN (print)9783642405518
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 8115
ISSN0302-9743

Conference

Title19th EUNICE/IFIP WG 6.6 International Workshop on Advances in Communication Networking, EUNICE 2013
Duration28 - 30 August 2013
CityChemnitz
CountryGermany

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-0466-562X/work/142246155

Keywords

Keywords

  • Address Management, IPv6, Privacy, Security

Library keywords