Reliable Internetworking using the Pub/Sub Paradigm Nikos Fotiou Advisor: Prof. George C. Polyzos Mobile Multimedia Laboratory, Department of Informatics Athens University of Economics and Business Abstract: New paradigms for the Future Internet are receiving an increased attention in the research community. The publish/subscribe paradigm is one of these and of particular interest, turning the Internet into information-centric rather than endpoint-centric. Current security architectures cannot be directly applied to this new paradigm, however the ground is open for new, innovative security mechanisms Challenges Motivation Expected outcome Current status Security analysis of existing pub/sub implementations Implementation of solution for mobility in pub/sub networks Prototype development using overlay multicast Simulation modeling using Omnet++ and Oversim Study the application of p2p trust mechanisms in the pub/sub paradigm This PhD thesis is supported in part by the FP7 funded project: Publish Subscribe Internet Routing Paradigm (PSIRP– Future Internet Summer School The current Internet architecture, although very successful, remains relatively unchanged since its inception, but… New demands are raised (security, mobility, scalability, quality of service, and economics) which are tackled using “add-ons” Still this architecture remains fragile and new problems keep building up Identify the security requirements/issues of this new paradigm Modify and adapt current security mechanisms Create new security mechanisms by taking advantage of the unique characteristics of pub/sub A reference pub/sub architecture Threat models for the pub/sub paradigm A robust, reliable and scalable security architecture Trust mechanisms that will isolate misbehaving entities Information oriented security solutions Effective multicast group key management Scope mechanisms for access control, information dissemination limitation DRM mechanisms for the pub/sub paradigm Security solutions targeting spamming, DDoS, botnets It becomes apparent that the Internet has to be redesigned using a “clean slate” approach Pub/sub is seen as a promising candidate for a (clean slate) future Internet architecture, however… it needs to be secured Key pub/sub principles Information centric (everything is information!) Clients (subscribers) express their interest on specific pieces of information published by publishers. The network locates and forwards them Multicast is the preferred delivery method All entities are identified using flat, location independent labels Main entities: Publishers/Subscribers Rendezvous Points that match subscriptions with publications Rendezvous Nodes that implements the rendezvous points Scopes; logical/physical structures for information locating, access control and limiting data dissemination Publishers/Subscribers usually are not aware of each other Publication/Subscription decoupled in time and space