Framework implementation based on grid of smartcards to authenticate users and virtual machines

  • Hassane Aissaoui-Mehrez
  • , Pascal Urien
  • , Guy Pujolle

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Abstract

The Security for the Future Networks (SecFuNet) project proposes to integrate the secure microcontrollers in order to introduce, among its many services, authentication and authorization functions for Cloud and virtual environments. One of the main goals of SecFuNet is to develop a secure infrastructure for virtualized environments and Clouds in order to provide strong isolation among virtual infrastructures, and guarantee that one virtual machine (VM) should not interfere with others. The goal of this paper is to describe the implementation and the experimentation of the solution for identifying users and nodes in the SecFuNet architecture. In this implementation, we also employ low-cost smartcards. Only authorized users are allowed to create or instantiate virtual environments. Thus, users and hypervisors are equipped with secure elements, used to open TLS secure channels with strong mutual authentication.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSECRYPT 2014 - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Security and Cryptography, Part of ICETE 2014 - 11th International Joint Conference on e-Business and Telecommunications
EditorsMohammad S. Obaidat, Andreas Holzinger, Pierangela Samarati
PublisherSciTePress
Pages285-290
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9789897580451
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event11th International Conference on Security and Cryptography, SECRYPT 2014 - Part of 11th International Joint Conference on e-Business and Telecommunications, ICETE 2014 - Vienna, Austria
Duration: 28 Aug 201430 Aug 2014

Publication series

NameSECRYPT 2014 - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Security and Cryptography, Part of ICETE 2014 - 11th International Joint Conference on e-Business and Telecommunications

Conference

Conference11th International Conference on Security and Cryptography, SECRYPT 2014 - Part of 11th International Joint Conference on e-Business and Telecommunications, ICETE 2014
Country/TerritoryAustria
CityVienna
Period28/08/1430/08/14

Keywords

  • Microcontrollers
  • OpenID
  • Secure elements
  • User-centric identity
  • Virtualization and cloud computing

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