Analysis and Development of Security Enhancements in Layer 2 Ethernet Based Networks

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Yousefzadeh, Amir Reza | 2013

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Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
Language: Farsi
Document No: 44101 (05)
University: Sharif University of Technology
Department: Electrical Engineering
Advisor(s): Pakravan, Mohammad Reza
Abstract:
Ethernet is among the most popular forms of data networking in the world. It has been widely used for local area networks and recently, it has also become very popular in metro area networks. As the usage of Ethernet grows, security and privacy of data transport using Ethernet becomes more important. As a result, there have been a lot of developments in improving security of Ethernet. In this thesis, we first provide a brief introduction of data security concepts. Then we briefly review important encryption standards. We focus on IEEE MACsec standard to provide the required security for Ethernet data transport. We have implemented the core encryption/decryption algorithms using HDL codes. We have also implemented a hardware system and can be used to verify the behavior of the code in a real-world environment. We have shown that the system can be used to encrypt and decrypt the Ethernet data traffic
Keywords:
Ethernet Networks ; Data Network ; Computer Information Security

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