Security Evaluation of a Control System Using Named Data Networking



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One of the first real-world applications using NDN is a lighting control system. We conduct a red team assessment of the current state of the security of this lighting system and its NDN implementation. The system is representative of a more general class of automated controller systems. Our analysis found that due to NDN’s use of named data, the system inherently prevents most attacks that IP-based systems are vulnerable to.