Implementation of Security in the ACE

 Committee

Dr. Joseph .B Evans (chair), Dr. Gary Minden, Dr.Arvin Agah

Proposed work: Provide a framework for a number of ACE users, devices and services to interact and be controlled by a variety of users in a secure fashion. The security layer is to be provided over the wired and the wireless medium. Described below is the security framework that is expected to be present in the ACE Infrastructure.  

1. Providing a Security Protocol for a remote system/user to authenticate and log itself into a secure environment.
1. Work in this area involves implementing a basic protocol for remote log in and control of ACE resources. Most of this will be standard (which use EAP like Cisco, Microsoft etc), with a few changes to suit the ACE network. The changes for the wireless domain will more in the area of proper design keeping in mind the availability issues.  This protocol can be implemented throughout the ACE network, with the design/efficiency focus on wireless networks.
2. Providing a method of safe and secure key distribution /storage for all the different systems/devices.
1. There is a lack of proper key management perspective in the wireless domain. Work in this area shall concentrate on implementing a key management protocol for the ACE infrastructure, and hence, the wireless domain also. There are a number of issues in this like management, distribution and reusability time etc that can be addressed.
3. Providing identity management to Users and daemons alike thro X509 certificates