A Framework for Cyber Vulnerability Assessments of InfiniBand Networks

Abstract

InfiniBand is a popular Input/Output interconnect technology used in High Performance Computing clusters. It is employed in over a quarter of the worlds 500 fastest computer systems. Although it was created to provide extremely low network latency with a high Quality of Service, the cybersecurity aspects of InfiniBand have yet to be thoroughly investigated. The InfiniBand Architecture was designed as a data center technology, logically separated from the Internet, so defensive mechanisms such as packet encryption were not implemented. Cyber communities do not appear to have taken an interest in InfiniBand, but that is likely to change as attackers branch out from traditional computing devices. This thesis considers the security implications of InfiniBand features and constructs a framework for conducting Cyber Vulnerability Assessments. Several attack primitives are tested and analyzed. Finally, new cyber tools and security devices for InfiniBand are proposed, and changes to existing products are recommended.

Document Details

• Document Type: Technical Report
• Publication Date: Mar 01, 2019
• Accession Number: AD1076294

Entities

People

• Daryl W Schmitt

Organizations

• Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Cyber
• Energy and Power Technologies
• Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Application Protocols
• Computer Network Security
• Computer Networks
• Computer Program Documentation
• Computer Program Reliability
• Computer Programming
• Computer Programs
• Computers
• Cyberattacks
• Cybersecurity
• Data Centers
• Electronic Mail
• Information Systems
• Malware
• Network Protocols
• Network Science
• Operating Systems

Fields of Study

• Computer science

Readers

• Cybersecurity.
• Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
• Library and Information Science/ Studies, Southeast Asia Studies, Bibliography of Vietnam and Lao Studies.

Technology Areas

• Cyber