SSLNP: Secure Service Level Negotiation Protocol

摘要

Today, the emerging new services like Voice over IP (VoIP) and Video on Demand (VoD) require Quality of Service (QoS) guarantee. These services can be accessed using wireless technologies such as Wi-Fi or WiMax which may make the concerned communications vulnerable to security attacks because of the open medium on which these access technologies are based. Thus, security level must also be guaranteed. In this paper, we present a protocol for dynamic negotiation of a service level covering QoS and security. Then, we provide its negotiation flow with security features using WSS, SSL and IPSec. Since, these security protocols may have an impact on the negotiation protocol performances; we will also evaluate this impact. Test results and implementation aspects are also shown in this paper.