The pervasive trust foundation for security in next generation networks

  • Authors:

  • Leszek Lilien;Adawia Al-Alawneh;Lotfi Ben Othmane

  • Affiliations:

  • Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA;Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA;Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2010 workshop on New security paradigms
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

We propose a new paradigm---named the Pervasive Trust Foundation (PTF) ---for computer security in Next Generation Networks, including the Future Internet. We start with a review of basic trust-related terms and concepts. We present motivation for using PTF as the basis for security in ISO OSI networks. The paper includes our five contributions. First, we define trust in the small (TIS) and trust in the large (TIL), where TIL is equivalent to PTF. Second, we list and contrast required and prohibited features of PTF-based systems. Third, we enumerate claims of benefits derived from using PTF. Fourth, we identify two major obstacles to PTF realization, and discuss multiple approaches to overcoming these obstacles. The more important of the two obstacles can be eliminated by showing an efficient implementation of PTF-based security. Fifth, we present an outline for the Basic Reference Model for PTF for Next Generation Networks. Summary and discussion of future work concludes the paper.