Mike Anderson

University of Maryland Baltimore County, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Adjunct

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Networking 20 billion devices

The IPv4 address space is exhausted. The regional Internet registries are now only handing out IP... more The IPv4 address space is exhausted. The regional Internet registries are now only handing out IPv6 addresses. But, how does IPv6 enable access to the 20+ billion devices that are estimated to be in the IoT by the year 2020? And, since IPv4 isn't going away any time soon, how do we make IPv6 work side by side with IPv4? In this paper, we will describe IPv6 addressing and its operation. Additionally, we will show techniques for writing one application that can support both IPv4 and IPv6 protocols simultaneously.

Certificates, code signing and digital signatures

With tens of billions of devices slated for deployment as devices in the so-called Internet of Th... more With tens of billions of devices slated for deployment as devices in the so-called Internet of Things (IoT), there will be a significant cybersecurity component. Confidentiality, integrity and availability comprise the CIA of cybersecurity and are the major focus of INFOSEC specialists. In this paper, we will outline the use of digital certificates as a means of providing availability/authentication services in the IoT while providing for secure object code update services.

Cloud versus Fog: Which model is more secure for the IoT?

Autonomous Systems: Sensors, Vehicles, Security, and the Internet of Everything, 2018

With the headlong rush to move everything into the cloud, there are some cases where this may be ... more With the headlong rush to move everything into the cloud, there are some cases where this may be counterproductive. In the case of distributed sensor networks, getting the data into the cloud has several hurdles. The connectivity of the sensors is a significant challenge if all of them must transfer data to remote, cloud-based servers. And, if the sensors can see the Internet, then the Internet can see them. In this paper, we will discuss an alternative connectivity model known as the Fog model. We will compare and contrast the cloud-centric versus fog-centric models across several dimensions including latency, jitter, cost of connectivity and most importantly, security.

The Use of Carrier Grade Linux in Space

The telecommunications industry is embracing Linux as a means of providing high-availability, hig... more The telecommunications industry is embracing Linux as a means of providing high-availability, high-reliability systems. Realizing that proprietary systems have tremendous development and support costs, the push for commercial-off-the-shelf solutions that provide greater than 5-Nines reliability (no more than 5 minutes of downtime/year) is a major industry focus. The carrier grade efforts encapsulate an entire ecosystem of hardware standards for interconnection, monitoring and control as well as the software to support it. This paper examines the current state of the art in carrier grade Linux software solutions, such as those put forth by standards organizations like the Linux Foundation and the Service Availability Forum, and identify those standards and approaches that have applicability in satellite systems.

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