1st International ICST Workshop on Security and QoS in Communication Networks

Research Article

Design and implementation of a tunable encryption service for networked applications

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/SECCMW.2005.1588320,
        author={Stefan Lindskog and Anna Brunstrom},
        title={Design and implementation of a tunable encryption service for networked applications},
        proceedings={1st International ICST Workshop on Security and QoS in Communication Networks},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={SECQOS},
        year={2006},
        month={2},
        keywords={},
        doi={10.1109/SECCMW.2005.1588320}
    }
    
  • Stefan Lindskog
    Anna Brunstrom
    Year: 2006
    Design and implementation of a tunable encryption service for networked applications
    SECQOS
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/SECCMW.2005.1588320
Stefan Lindskog1,*, Anna Brunstrom1
  • 1: Department of Computer Science, Karlstad University, Sweden
*Contact email: Stefan.Lindskog@kau.se

Abstract

To achieve the best possible QoS tradeoff between security and performance for networked applications, a tunable and differential treatment of security is required. In this paper, we present the design and implementation of a tunable encryption service. The proposed service is based on a selective encryption paradigm in which the applications can request a desired encryption level. Encryption levels are selected by the applications at the inception of sessions, but can be changed at any time during their lifetime. A prototype implementation is described along with an initial performance evaluation. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed service offers a high degree of security adaptiveness at a low cost.