Dual-Stack Network Management Through One-Time Authentication Mechanism
The exhaustion of IPv4 addresses has led to the rapid implementation of IPv6. However, the design of IPv6 is incompatible with that of its predecessor IPv4 and slows down the development of the IPv4-to-IPv6 migration. Several transitioning mechanisms have been proposed to attain the compatibility of...
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| author | Yi-Chih Kao Jui-Chun Liu Yi-Quan Ke Shi-Chun Tsai Yi-Bing Lin |
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| description | The exhaustion of IPv4 addresses has led to the rapid implementation of IPv6. However, the design of IPv6 is incompatible with that of its predecessor IPv4 and slows down the development of the IPv4-to-IPv6 migration. Several transitioning mechanisms have been proposed to attain the compatibility of IPv4 and IPv6 to bridge the gap between these two heterogeneous protocols. The two protocols would need to coexist continually before IPv6 completely takes over IPv4. However, the existing captive portal authentication systems generally do not support IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack authentication and lack one-time dual-stack authentication solutions. Upgrading the authentication system has become an urgent problem to be addressed. This study presents dual-stack network management strategies using a novel one-time authentication mechanism for large and complex dual-stack network environments. The proposed authentication system resolves the inconvenience of separate IPv4 and IPv6 authentication and effectively improves the compatibility of the two protocols. Furthermore, authenticating both IPv4 and IPv6 increases the traceability of traffic logs when security attacks occur. The proposed solution is deployed in a campus dormitory environment, and the feasibility and stability are successfully verified. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b7fd0e637d884dc2a2e10ba266a9f0fa2022-12-21T19:58:04ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362020-01-018347063471610.1109/ACCESS.2020.29746599001098Dual-Stack Network Management Through One-Time Authentication MechanismYi-Chih Kao0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6923-0283Jui-Chun Liu1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2502-1954Yi-Quan Ke2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8024-1653Shi-Chun Tsai3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0085-0377Yi-Bing Lin4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6841-4718Information Technology Service Center, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, TaiwanInformation Technology Service Center, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, TaiwanInformation Technology Service Center, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, TaiwanDepartment of Computer Science, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, TaiwanDepartment of Computer Science, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, TaiwanThe exhaustion of IPv4 addresses has led to the rapid implementation of IPv6. However, the design of IPv6 is incompatible with that of its predecessor IPv4 and slows down the development of the IPv4-to-IPv6 migration. Several transitioning mechanisms have been proposed to attain the compatibility of IPv4 and IPv6 to bridge the gap between these two heterogeneous protocols. The two protocols would need to coexist continually before IPv6 completely takes over IPv4. However, the existing captive portal authentication systems generally do not support IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack authentication and lack one-time dual-stack authentication solutions. Upgrading the authentication system has become an urgent problem to be addressed. This study presents dual-stack network management strategies using a novel one-time authentication mechanism for large and complex dual-stack network environments. The proposed authentication system resolves the inconvenience of separate IPv4 and IPv6 authentication and effectively improves the compatibility of the two protocols. Furthermore, authenticating both IPv4 and IPv6 increases the traceability of traffic logs when security attacks occur. The proposed solution is deployed in a campus dormitory environment, and the feasibility and stability are successfully verified.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9001098/Authenticationdual-stackIPv6management |
| spellingShingle | Yi-Chih Kao Jui-Chun Liu Yi-Quan Ke Shi-Chun Tsai Yi-Bing Lin Dual-Stack Network Management Through One-Time Authentication Mechanism IEEE Access Authentication dual-stack IPv6 management |
| title | Dual-Stack Network Management Through One-Time Authentication Mechanism |
| title_full | Dual-Stack Network Management Through One-Time Authentication Mechanism |
| title_fullStr | Dual-Stack Network Management Through One-Time Authentication Mechanism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dual-Stack Network Management Through One-Time Authentication Mechanism |
| title_short | Dual-Stack Network Management Through One-Time Authentication Mechanism |
| title_sort | dual stack network management through one time authentication mechanism |
| topic | Authentication dual-stack IPv6 management |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9001098/ |
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