Information-Centric Networking (ICN) has emerged as a paradigm to cope with the lack of built-in security primitives and efficient mechanisms for content distribution of today's Internet. However, deploying ICN in a wireless environment poses a different set of challenges compared to a wired environment, especially when it comes to security. In this paper, we present the security issues that may arise and the attacks that may occur from different points of view when ICN is deployed in wireless environments. The discussed attacks may target both applications and the ICN network itself by exploiting elements of the ICN architecture, such as content names and in-network content caches. Furthermore, we discuss potential solutions to the presented issues and countermeasures to the presented attacks. Finally, we identify future research opportunities and directions.
翻译:信息中心网络(ICN)已成为一种范例,用以应对缺乏内在安全原始材料和当今互联网内容传播的有效机制的问题。然而,在无线环境中部署ICN与有线环境相比,带来一系列不同的挑战,特别是在安全方面。我们在本文件中介绍了在无线环境中部署ICN时可能产生的安全问题和从不同角度可能发生的攻击。讨论的攻击可能既针对应用程序,也针对ICN本身,利用ICN结构的一些要素,如内容名称和网络内内容隐藏处。此外,我们讨论了对所提出的问题的潜在解决办法和对提出的攻击的对策。最后,我们确定了未来的研究机会和方向。