Security issues in control, management and routing protocols
The TCP/IP suite is the basis for today's Internet, yet it lacks even the most basic mechanisms of authentication. As usage of the Internet increases, its scarcity of built-in security becomes more and more of a problem. This paper describes serious attacks against Internet control and management protocols, with an emphasis on the ICMP protocol, as well as some of the well-known vulnerabilities of the inter-domain routing protocols. All the presented attacks have at least one common feature: they exploit intrinsic network security flaws. The paper also discusses various solutions to these security breaches, including the use of IPsec.
authentication denial of service ip security routing security public key infrastructure