Security Considerations for Intrinsic Monitoring within IPv6 Networks

Abstract. Intrinsic Monitoring is a method of collecting and disseminating node specific monitoring data throughout an IPv6 network by using the IPv6 extension headers as a carrier medium. The advantages of such a monitoring mechanism can be invaluable to a network operator, offering a wide range of performance and accuracy enhancements over traditional SNMP based or active probing based approaches. This paper discusses previous proposals related to Intrinsic Monitoring and highlights a number of security considerations that must first be resolved for such an approach to be deployable within an operational IP network. The paper offers initial contributions towards addressing these challenges.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: IPOM
• Authors: Lei Shi, Alan Davy
• Keywords: Computer Networks, Intrinsic Monitoring, IPOM 2009, Monitoring Mechanism, Specific Monitoring Data