Title: Application-aware secure multicast for power grid communications

Authors: Jianqing Zhang, Carl A. Gunter

Addresses: Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA. ' Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA

Abstract: We propose an application-aware approach to setting up secure multicast groups for power grid communications that automatically derives group memberships and verifies configuration conformance from data dependencies in system specifications. We design an abstract multicast model, analysis algorithms, and configuration derivation techniques. These are implemented in a prototype system, SecureSCL. We also provide experimental evidence that IPsec multicast can address latency constraints in power substation networks.

Keywords: power grid communications; multicast groups; network security; application-aware; SecureSCL; latency constraints; power substation networks; electricity networks.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSN.2011.039632

International Journal of Security and Networks, 2011 Vol.6 No.1, pp.40 - 52

Published online: 12 Apr 2011 *

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