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HIDE_DHCP: Covert communications through network configuration messages
Ríos-del-Pozo, Rubén
Onieva-González, José Antonio
López-Muñoz, Francisco Javier
Redes de ordenadores - Medidas de seguridad
Covert channels are a form of hidden communication that may violate the integrity of
systems. Since their birth in multilevel security systems in the early 70’s they have evolved
considerably, such that new solutions have appeared for computer networks mainly due to
vague protocols specifications. We analyze a protocol extensively used today, the Dynamic
Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), in search of new forms of covert communication. From
this analysis we observe several features that can be effectively exploited for subliminal data
transmission. This results in the implementation of HIDE DHCP, which integrates three
covert channels that accommodate to different stealthiness and bandwidth requirements.
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2012
conference output
https://hdl.handle.net/10630/40151
10.1007/978-3-642-30436-1_14
eng
27th IFIP TC 11 International Information Security and Privacy Conference
Heraklion, Crete, Greece
04/2012
open access
Springer Nature