Security Goals for Service Discovery in Ad-hoc Environments
Key: HS01-2
Author: Matthias Hollick, Ralf Steinmetz
Date: October 2001
Kind: In proceedings
Publisher: FESB-Split
Book title: Proceedings of International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks, SoftCOM 2001
Abstract: Networked services are a key component of forthcoming networking paradigms. The advent of ad-hoc and proximity environments gives good reason for service discovery to support (zero)configuration of devices and services. However, the uncertainty of security issues concern-ing service information presents a major obstacle. This paper substantiates the most important security concerns coupled to service discovery within ad-hoc networks. A close inspection of state of the art technologies of service discovery/lookup protocols and frameworks with respect to their security mechanisms leads to a revised understanding of the problem area.

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