Name
Title | ||
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A middleware approach to asynchronous and backward compatible detection and prevention of ARP cache poisoning |
Abstract | ||
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Discusses the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) and the problem of ARP cache poisoning. ARP cache poisoning is the malicious act, by a host in a LAN, of introducing a spurious IP address to MAC (Ethernet) address mapping in another host's ARP cache. We discuss design constraints for a solution: the solution needs to be implemented in middleware, without any access or change to any operating system source code, it needs to be backward-compatible with the existing protocol and to be asynchronous. We present our solution and implementation aspects of it in a Streams-based networking subsystem. Our solution comprises two parts: a “bump in the stack” Streams module, and a separate Stream with a driver and user-level application. We also present the algorithm that is executed in the module and application to prevent ARP cache poisoning where possible, and to detect and raise alarms otherwise. We then discuss some limitations with our approach and present some preliminary performance figures for our implementation |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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1999 | 10.1109/CSAC.1999.816040 | Computer Security Applications Conference, 1999. |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
cache storage,client-server systems,computer crime,local area networks,memory protocols,transport protocols,ARP cache poisoning,Address Resolution Protocol,Ethernet,LAN host,MAC address mapping,Streams-based networking subsystem,alarms,asynchronous solution,backward compatibility,bump-in-the-stack Streams module,design constraints,driver,malicious act,middleware,operating system source code,performance,spurious IP address,user-level application | Middleware,Asynchronous communication,Proxy ARP,Computer science,Cache,Computer security,ARP spoofing,Computer network,Cache algorithms,Ethernet,Address Resolution Protocol,Operating system | Conference |
ISSN | ISBN | Citations |
1063-9527 | 0-7695-0346-2 | 18 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
5.61 | 4 | 2 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahesh V. Tripunitara | 1 | 21 | 6.35 |
| Partha Dutta | 2 | 18 | 5.61 |