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IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC) Attacks and Detection
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Buenaventura, Franz Justin Gonzales, John Paul V. Lu, Matthew Ong, Arlyn Verina |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | In order to sustain its exponential growth, the Internet community is gradually transitioning from its mainstream communications protocol Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) to Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). IPv6 provides a virtually inexhaustible address space, capable of accommodating the hundreds of billions of unique devices. Through a procedure called Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC), IPv6 also provides a network device the capability to automatically set its own Internet address. While providing this convenience, SLAAC possesses several vulnerabilities in its design. The top three common attacks against the IPv6 SLAAC mechanism, namely the malicious last hop router, neighbor spoofing, and duplicate address detection denial of service attacks exploit these vulnerabilities This paper discusses detection methods for these attacks, implemented using a system that captures network traffic, and monitors IPv6 SLAAC operations through examination of discrepancies between expected network settings and SLAAC messages sent between devices in the network. To test these detection methods, the system is set up to monitor an IPv6 network and the three attacks are performed against network hosts. Results show that the system is capable of detecting SLAAC attacks within seconds from attack onset across multiple trials, thereby demonstrating that data traffic monitoring is a viable solution for mitigating the security issues that SLAAC may cause in an IPv6 network. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/pdf/conferences/research-congress-proceedings/2015/HCT/015-HCT_Ong_AVL.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
