A Comprehensive Security Model for Networking Applications

The Internet is currently being used by millions of users for web browsing, data storage, social networks, communications, VOIP, e-commerce, and other applications that are enabled by wireless networks, cloud computing, distributed systems, and cellphone networks. The architecture for these applications is not secure as shown by all the recent widely-publicized attacks. We propose a comprehensive security model for networking applications that includes new key distribution and management techniques and a realistic trust model.