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Portguard - An authentication tool for securing ports in an IoT gateway

conference contribution
posted on 2017-01-01, 00:00 authored by S Sathyadevan, V Vejesh, Robin Ram Mohan DossRobin Ram Mohan Doss, Lei PanLei Pan
Internet of Things is a connected ecosystem where everyday objects have network connectivity allowing them to do data transfers. This scenario often involves a gateway for enabling the communication between things which are connected to the internet. Gateways run multiple network based services in them which are often visible to any device in the same network. It acts as the entry point for the traffic to and from the local IoT network. Usually security of such devices is neglected and left unguarded making them prime targets for hackers. Portguard is an authentication tool developed with the intention of hiding those services that are up and running in the gateway from any external attackers. Any application/middleware servers or edge/sensor nodes attempting to connect to the services in the gateway will be authenticated prior to granting access to the gateway services. We demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of portguard against popular attacks.

History

Event

Pervasive Computing and Communications. Workshops (2017 : Kona, Hawaii)

Pagination

624 - 629

Publisher

IEEE

Location

Kona, Hawaii

Place of publication

Piscataway, N.J.

Start date

2017-03-13

End date

2017-03-17

ISBN-13

9781509043385

Language

eng

Publication classification

E Conference publication; E1 Full written paper - refereed

Copyright notice

2017, IEEE

Title of proceedings

PerCom 2017 : IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops