A secure address resolution protocol

An architecture for securely resolving IP addresses into hardware addresses over an Ethernet is proposed. The proposed architecture consists of a secure server connected to the Ethernet and two protocols: an invite-accept protocol and a request-reply protocol. Each computer connected to the Ethernet...

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Published in:Computer networks (Amsterdam, Netherlands : 1999) Netherlands : 1999), 2003-01, Vol.41 (1), p.57-71
Main Authors: Gouda, M G, Huang, C-T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer security
Ethernet
Internet Protocol
Network security
Networks
Studies
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Summary:An architecture for securely resolving IP addresses into hardware addresses over an Ethernet is proposed. The proposed architecture consists of a secure server connected to the Ethernet and two protocols: an invite-accept protocol and a request-reply protocol. Each computer connected to the Ethernet can use the invite-accept protocol to periodically record its IP address and its hardware address in the database of the secure server. Each computer can later use the request-reply protocol to obtain the hardware address of any other computer connected to the Ethernet from the database of the secure server. These two protocols are designed to overcome the actions of any adversary that can lose sent messages, arbitrarily modify the fields of sent messages, and replay old messages.
ISSN:1389-1286
1872-7069
DOI:10.1016/S1389-1286(02)00326-2