AAA and Network Security for Mobile Access: Radius, Diameter, EAP, PKI and IP Mobility.

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c25802) has announced the addition of AAA and Network Security for Mobile Access: Radius, Diameter, EAP, PKI and IP Mobility to their offering.

The problem of providing secure network access for remote mobile users is becoming more and more complicated. Therefore the IETF have developed several standards (RADIUS, DIAMETER) to systematize the current security mechanisms. RADIUS enables remote access servers to communicate with a central server to authenticate dial-in users and authorize their access to the requested system or service. RADIUS allows a company to maintain user profiles in a central database that all remote servers can share. These approaches are very detailed and complex, i.e. understood by a handful of researchers and engineers. The authors strive to provide a guide/reference to this important standard as security is becoming an integrated part of network architecture design, describing the AAA framework along with insights into security protocols, the usage of PKIs, public key certificates (for IPSec) and security key management.

Tpoics Covered

Foreword.

Preface.

About the author.

Chapter 1: The 3 "A"s: Authentication, Authorization, Accounting.

Chapter 2: Authentication.

Chapter 3: Key Management Methods.

Chapter 4: Internet Security and Key Exchange Basics.

Chapter 5: Introduction on Internet Mobility Protocols.

Chapter 6: Remote Access Dial-In User Service (RADIUS).

Chapter 7: Diameter: Twice the RADIUS?

Chapter 8: AAA and Security for Mobile IP.

Chapter 9: PKI: Public Key Infrastructure. Fundamentals and support for IPsec and mobility.

Chapter 10: Latest Authentication Mechanisms, EAP Flavors.

Chapter 11: AAA and Identity Management for Mobile Access. The world of Operator

Summary

AAA (Authentication, Authorization, Accounting) describes a framework

for intelligently controlling access to network resources, enforcing policies, and providing the information necessary to bill for services.

AAA and Network Security for Mobile Access is an invaluable guide to the AAA concepts and framework, including its protocols Diameter and Radius. The authors gives an overview of established and emerging standards for the provision of secure network access for mobile users while providing the basic design concepts and motivations.

AAA and Network Security for Mobile Access:

-- Covers trust, i.e., authentication and security key management for fixed and mobile users, and various approaches to trust establishment.

-- Discusses public key infrastructures and provides practical tips on certificates management. Introduces Diameter, a state-of-the-art AAA protocol designed to meet todays reliability, security and robustness requirements, and examines Diameter-Mobile IP interactions.

-- Explains RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Services) and its latest extensions.

-- Details EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol) in-depth, giving a protocol overview, and covering EAP-XXX authentication methods as well as use of EAP in 802 networks.

-- Describes IP mobility protocols including IP level mobility management, its security and optimizations, and latest IETF seamless mobility protocols.

-- Includes a chapter describing the details of Mobile IP and AAA interaction, illustrating Diameter Mobile IP applications and the process used in CDMA2000.

-- Contains a section on security and AAA issues to support roaming, discussing a variety of options for operator co-existence, including an overview of Liberty Alliance.

This text will provide researchers in academia and industry, network security engineers, managers, developers and planners, as well as graduate students, with an accessible explanation of the standards fundamental to secure mobile access.

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