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User plane security alternatives in the 3G evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (e-MBMS)

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User plane security alternatives in the 3G evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (e-MBMS)
The Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) has been included in the 3GGP architecture to provide broadcast/multicast services. In the 3GPP Long Term Evolution, the evolved MBMS (e-MBMS) architecture is currently being standardized. This position paper discusses the security issues currently being considered for the e-MBMS IP multicast user plane. Currently proposed security architectures "limit" themselves to include Group Security Associations (GSA). In this paper we raise the position that GSA might not be a sufficiently secure solution in the long run. In sight of this, we propose to adopt a secure multicast overlay approach as a possible short-term solution, thanks to its straightforward deployment. To prove this latter point we overview how to set-up a proof-of-concept implementation over public domain linux routers. We functionally compare GSA with the proposed secure multicast overlay approach, showing that the overlay approach provides not only the same level o...
Simone Teofili, Michele Di Mascolo, Cristina Basil
Added 14 Dec 2010
Updated 14 Dec 2010
Type Journal
Year 2008
Where SCN
Authors Simone Teofili, Michele Di Mascolo, Cristina Basile, Giuseppe Bianchi, Stefano Salsano, Alf Zugenmaier
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