Modeling and Simulation of Haipe

The high assurance Internet protocol encryptor (HAIPE) is a critical component of the global information grid (GIG) that will enable secure communications to support information assurance (IA) in the evolving network-centric architecture of the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community networks. We developed a HAIPE model, including a HAIPE discovery approach proposed by the GIG routing working group (GRWG), to assess the impact of HAIPE overhead on the performance and scalability of the GIG. This paper describes our HAIPE model, presents the operation of the HAIPE-related protocols including HAIPE discovery, and defines future work