Sustainable and Practical Firmware Upgrade for Wireless Access Point Using Password-Based Authentication

Jang, Jin Seok; Jung, Im Y.

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“…This paper aims to improve the security of low-availability nodes by allowing every node to get remote updates in a practical and timely manner. Attackers can decrease the network bandwidth or obtain the traffic including private data such as search histories, login information, and device usage patterns by exploiting the vulnerabilities in firmware upgrades to install malicious firmware [ 9 ]. Mlynek et al [ 10 ] show the data rates of different power line communication protocols used in smart metering, but it concludes that all PLC will suffer from nodes being not close enough to their peers (i.e., the attenuation of the power line is proportional to the length of the power line) as well as from the power quality of the grid.…”

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Availability Improvements through Data Slicing in PLC Smart Grid Networks

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An electrical power grid, is an interconnected network for delivering electricity from producers to consumers. Electrical grids vary in size from covering a single building through national grids (which cover whole countries) to transnational grids (which can cross continents). As the rollout of smart meters continues worldwide, there are use-cases where common solutions fail and the network availability of certain meters is very low due to poor communication conditions. This paper proposes a data slicing model for large data files which have to travel securely and reliably throughout the Smart Grid. The manuscript addresses improvements for PRIME PLC network availability by using correct data slicing at the application level along a tuned transmission rate in accordance with the noise levels of the power grid. Successful communications, even at low rates, mean that no manual interaction from energy supplier operators is needed reducing the maintenance costs for both the energy companies as well as for the end user. Experiments on a low power electrical grid setup have been performed in order to evaluate availability improvements through the proposed method as well as the feasibility of remote firmware upgrades. The results have shown that the current approach has similar upgrade time results with a manual firmware upgrade performed through an optical probe. Moreover, the results show that the presented remote firmware upgrade method is reliable and practical.

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“…In the next paper [7], entitled Sustainable and Practical Firmware Upgrade for Wireless Access Point Using Password-Based Authentication, Jang, J., et al introduce a sustainable and practical firmware upgrade protocol for Wireless access points (WAPs). The proposed protocol provides secure firmware upgrades using Transport Layer Security (TLS) and the Salted Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism (SCRAM) for WAPs.…”

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Advanced IT-Based Future Sustainable Computing

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2017

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Future Sustainability Computing (FSC) is a novel research topic that deals with algorithms, procedures, and applications of information technologies for abundant life. In this Special Issue, we cover novel research and applications within the scope of sustainability computing dealing with hardware/software technologies, especially for frameworks and architectures. For example, topics include dynamic group management in Internet of Things (IoT); real-time video surveillance; security threats in Software Defined Network (SDN); real-time indoor Air-Quality level indicator; effectiveness of information systems security; load-balancing for inter-sensor convergence; neighbor discovery in sensor networks; transmission algorithm with Quality of Service (QoS) consideration; analysis of the relationship between Intrusion Detection System (IDS) alerts and darknet are included.

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Design of Remote Upgrade System for Data Processing Unit in Marine Engine Room Simulator

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With the development of ship intelligence, the frequency of upgrading the marine engine room simulator, which is essential for crew training, has increased. Traditionally, the data processing unit (DPU) of the marine engine room simulator is upgraded by manually downloading the firmware. This makes the hardware maintenance high-cost. In this paper, we first propose a WAN-based firmware upgrade system to enable secure over-the-air upgrades of DPUs and reduce operation and maintenance costs. A distributed hardware structure is given to manage DPU in the simulator via the Internet. We have designed two methods of firmware upgrades, automatic upgrades and remote upgrades. In automatic upgrades, the DPU can download new firmware upgrades from the web server through the router. By designing a series of mechanisms including code rollback, code backup and code confirmation, the In-Application Programming (IAP) technique is realized through the Internet. Firmware upgrades have good fault tolerance mechanisms to ensure that the emulator can still work in the event of an upgrade error. In remote upgrades, we upgrade the DPU firmware through the remote control center. We assessed the performance of the system by measuring the success rate of DPU upgrades, upgrade time and performance after the upgrade. The results show that the DPU upgrade success rate is close to 100% and performance is as good as expected. The results show that the remote firmware upgrade system proposed in this paper is reliable and practical.

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Sustainable and Practical Firmware Upgrade for Wireless Access Point Using Password-Based Authentication

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Availability Improvements through Data Slicing in PLC Smart Grid Networks

Availability Improvements through Data Slicing in PLC Smart Grid Networks

Advanced IT-Based Future Sustainable Computing

Design of Remote Upgrade System for Data Processing Unit in Marine Engine Room Simulator

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