A secure service infrastructure for interconnecting future home networks based on DPWS and XACML

Andreas Müller, Holger Kinkelin, Sunil Kumar Ghai, Georg Carle

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Abstract

Home networks differ from most other networks since they are usually administrated by inexperienced users. Today, protocols such as Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support zero-configuration networking and are used for data-sharing and entertainment. However, security mechanisms are neglected and are not integrated into current UPnP devices. This becomes even more of an issue when we think of future interconnected home networks where many users and devices will interact. A possible successor of UPnP, the Devices Profile for Web Services (DPWS), is built upon the standard Web-Services(WS) stack and thus also provides WS-Security. However, the configuration of fine-grained access rights for DPWS actions (e.g. for browsing through a media collection) is not defined. This paper describes how to use DPWS and the security framework XACML as a basis for a secure service infrastructure for future home networks. Templates for policies can be auto-generated and a trust model based on X.509 certificates is used for identifying devices and for the interconnection of multiple home networks.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2010 ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Home Networks, HomeNets '10, Co-located with SIGCOMM 2010
Pages31-36
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event2010 ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Home Networks, HomeNets '10, Co-located with SIGCOMM 2010 - New Delhi, India
Duration: 3 Sep 20103 Sep 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2010 ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Home Networks, HomeNets '10, Co-located with SIGCOMM 2010

Conference

Conference2010 ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Home Networks, HomeNets '10, Co-located with SIGCOMM 2010
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityNew Delhi
Period3/09/103/09/10

Keywords

  • DPWS
  • XACML
  • home networking
  • plug and play
  • security
  • trust

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