Secure policy-based management solutions in heterogeneous embedded systems networks

Konstantinos Rantos, Alexandros Papanikolaou, Konstantinos Fysarakis, Charalampos Manifavas
2012 2012 International Conference on Telecommunications and Multimedia (TEMU)  
Managing a large number of heterogeneous nodes in a network of embedded systems is a challenging task, mainly due to differences in requirements and resources. Nano nodes with very limited capabilities, such as the nodes of a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN), may not be suitable for adopting solutions designed for power nodes that have no such constraints. Using these devices in dynamic, ad-hoc infrastructures that feature a plethora of characteristics, has brought up the need for appropriate
more » ... ement of participating nodes to satisfy the corresponding policy restrictions. Many schemes have been proposed for various types of devices in terms of resources, ranging from the wellstudied policy-based management in computer networks to the more challenging management in sensor networks. This paper identifies these schemes and proposes a framework for the secure and interoperable policy-based management of heterogeneous, resource-constrained, embedded systems networks. Index Terms-Embedded systems, policy-based management, security, XACML • SAML-integrated XACML messages transferred using the SOAP protocol (over UDP). • SOAP-encapsulated XACML messages protected with TLS. Such an approach requires using expensive TCP
doi:10.1109/temu.2012.6294723 dblp:conf/temu/RantosPFM12 fatcat:dtoi6hssybbmbng2t4iiccqphq