Security gaps identified in internet protocol IPsec

Wednesday, August 15, 2018 - 06:49 in Mathematics & Economics

In collaboration with colleagues from Opole University in Poland, researchers at Horst Görtz Institute for IT Security (HGI) at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) have demonstrated that the internet protocol IPsec is vulnerable to attacks. The internet key exchange protocol IKEv1, which is part of the protocol family, has vulnerabilities that enable potential attackers to interfere with the communication process and intercept specific information.

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