NDLI: Information leakage from optical emanations

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Umphress, David A. Loughry, Joe
Copyright Year	2002
Abstract	A previously unknown form of compromising emanations has been discovered. LED status indicators on data communication equipment, under certain conditions, are shown to carry a modulated optical signal that is significantly correlated with information being processed by the device. Physical access is not required; the attacker gains access to all data going through the device, including plaintext in the case of data encryption systems. Experiments show that it is possible to intercept data under realistic conditions at a considerable distance. Many different sorts of devices, including modems and Internet Protocol routers, were found to be vulnerable. A taxonomy of compromising optical emanations is developed, and design changes are described that will successfully block this kind of "Optical Tempest" attack.
Starting Page	262
Ending Page	289
Page Count	28
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10949224
e-ISSN	15577406
DOI	10.1145/545186.545189
Volume Number	5
Issue Number	3
Journal	ACM Transactions on Information and System Security (TISSEC)
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2002-08-01
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	COMINT COMSEC EMSEC SIGINT TEMPEST Communication Compromising emanations Covert channel Encryption Fiber optics Information displays Light emitting diode (LED)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Computer Science Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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