This paper identifies the security vulnerabilities in ethernet passive optical networks (EPONs), and proposes a RC4-based encryption and a key distribution scheme based on the Diffie-Hellman key exchange algorithm. The proposed method is expected to provide the benefits of a streaming cipher while at the same time using securely shared secret keys among the OLT and each ONU.
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Global Telecommunications Conference, 2006. GLOBECOM '06. IEEE
Date of Conference: Nov. 27 2006-Dec. 1 2006