The DNS in IoT: Opportunities, Risks, and Challenges

Autor: Merike Kaeo, Andrew McConachie, Danny McPherson, Tim April, Rod Rasmussen, Dave Piscitello, Lyman Chapin, K. C. Claffy, Mark Seiden, Cristian Hesselman, Jacques Latour
Přispěvatelé: Design and Analysis of Communication Systems
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: IEEE Internet Computing
IEEE internet computing, 24(4):9133283, 23-32. IEEE
ISSN: 1941-0131
1089-7801
Popis: The Internet of Things (IoT) is widely expected to make our society safer, smarter, and more sustainable. However, a key challenge remains, which is how to protect users and Internet infrastructure operators from attacks on or launched through vast numbers of autonomously operating sensors and actuators. In this article, we discuss how the security extensions of the domain name system (DNS) offer an opportunity to help tackle that challenge, while also outlining the risks that the IoT poses to the DNS in terms of complex and quickly growing IoT-powered distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. We identify three challenges for the DNS and IoT industries to seize these opportunities and address the risks, for example, by making DNS security functions (e.g., response verification and encryption) available on popular IoT operating systems.
Databáze: OpenAIRE