Impact of Public Key Enabled Applications on the Operation and Maintenance of Commercial Airplanes

Robinson, Richard; Li, Mingyan; Lintelman, Scott; Sampigethaya, Krishna; Poovendran, Radha; Oheimb, David von; BuBer, Jens-Uwe

doi:10.2514/6.2007-7769

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“…Electronic Distribution of Software (EDS) [17], [10], [18]: Distribution of software for airplane systems has been via physical distribution of storage media (e.g., floppy/compact discs) and signed documents over bonded carriers. However, compared to this legacy FAA-approved process, the electronic distribution of software has advantages such as reduction of system weight from onboard storage media.…”

Section: B E-enabled Airplane Applicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Secure Operation, Control, and Maintenance of Future E-Enabled Airplanes

2008

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Abstract-Commercial aviation is at the threshold of the era of the e-enabled airplane, brought about by the convergence of rapidly expanding world-wide data communication infrastructures, network-centric information processing and commoditized lightweight computational hardware. With advanced avionics, processing and wireless communication capabilities, the e-enabled airplane can revolutionize the current air transportation system. However, the use of unregulated information technology and wireless technologies introduce vulnerabilities that can be exploited to provide unauthorized access to the onboard aviation information systems and impede their operation. The emerging security threats are not covered by current aviation guidance and regulations hence, remain to be addressed. This paper presents a comprehensive survey of security of the e-enabled airplane with applications such as electronic distribution of loadable software and data, as well as future directions such as wireless health monitoring, networked control, and airborne ad hoc networks.

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Section: B E-enabled Airplane Applicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Further, in [7], [21], secure integration of wireless sensors and RFID in AHM is studied. Furthermore, in [18] potential impact of security solutions on onboard information systems is discussed.…”

Section: E-enabled Airplane Security Standards and Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Secure Operation, Control, and Maintenance of Future E-Enabled Airplanes

2008

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“…Asymmetric cryptography solutions usually require a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), i.e., a mechanism for managing identities with associated keys and certificates. 19 However, for a large complex system such as the ATC system, PKI gives rise to challenges such as enabling interoperability between multiple CAs and developing a standard certificate policy for multiple scenarios encountered by the airplane.…”

Section: B Addressing the Impact Of Cryptographic Solutionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…7,14,15 Further, the anticipated impact of the use of security solutions on the commercial aviation information systems and processes are being identified. 19 An abundance of literature also addresses the airborne point-to-point networking issues, such as transmission protocol design and the impact of air traffic density on the network topology, 22,23 as well as the design of safety-critical ATC operations such as conflict detection and resolution in Free Flight. 21 However, only a few have just begun to address security and reliability of future ATC based on broadcast data links, for mitigating threats to data integrity and authenticity in ADS-B based navigation and surveillance.…”

Section: A Ongoing Research For Securing the E-enabled Aircraftmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Framework for Securing Future eEnabled Aircraft Navigation and Surveillance

Sampigethaya

Poovendran

Bushnell

2009

AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference

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Current air traffic management systems suffer from poor radar coverage and a highly centralized architecture which can under heavy traffic loads overwhelm Air Traffic Control (ATC) centers. Such limitations can lead to inefficient use of the available airspace capacity and insecure scenarios such as low-visibility landings. Future air transportation systems with e-enabled aircraft and networked technologies, such as Automated Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B), are cyber-physical systems that promise to help reduce traffic congestion and ATC inefficiencies by enabling exchange of precise surveillance data in shared airspace. This paper focuses on cyber security concerns with highly accurate surveillance of aircraft navigating in a future shared space. A framework is proposed to protect traffic data for both ground and airborne surveillance of aircraft. The framework identifies major threats and vulnerabilities from cyber exploits, specifies security requirements and mitigation solutions. Major security challenges anticipated in supporting networked infrastructure are given along with some open problems.

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“…4 Operational constraints may also preclude dynamic path discovery by relying parties: access to the Internet may be unavailable due to lack of coverage (e.g., for traveling users) or because of restrictive security policies (e.g., at secure facilities). Sometimes network access must be carefully structured and "rationed" to reduce the attack surface of a system: for example, an airplane-based relying party may not want to download intermediate CA certificates in real time since it may expose potential security vulnerabilities more frequently [28].…”

Section: End-entity Certificate Discoverymentioning

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A search engine for the global PKI

Rabinovich¹

2010

J Internet Serv Appl

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Today the public key technology enjoys wide acceptance and use. Countless network protocols and applications use it to guarantee strong authentication and privacy. Usability and maintainability of this technology remains problematic, however. It is still very cumbersome and timeconsuming to set up an enterprise Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) that has relationships with external parties. The emergence of PKI bridges, while solving one set of problems, created a new one: management of distributed trust became much more difficult. Complexity of the global PKI mesh and its decentralized nature created a need for a service with a unified view of the global PKI. In this paper we propose a PKI search engine that can provide such a service. The engine supports facilities for certificate and certificate revocation list (CRL) discovery, testing and troubleshooting of extra-enterprise PKIs, certificate revocation status lookup, certification path construction and validation, all based on the Internet-mined and user-registered information.

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Impact of Public Key Enabled Applications on the Operation and Maintenance of Commercial Airplanes

Cited by 26 publications

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Secure Operation, Control, and Maintenance of Future E-Enabled Airplanes

Secure Operation, Control, and Maintenance of Future E-Enabled Airplanes

A Framework for Securing Future eEnabled Aircraft Navigation and Surveillance

A search engine for the global PKI

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