TY - GEN
T1 - Securing data networks using optical signal processing
AU - Fok, Mable P.
AU - Kravtsov, Konstantin
AU - Deng, Yanhua
AU - Wang, Zhenxing
AU - Wang, Ting
AU - Prucnal, Paul R.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - We propose and demonstrate the use of optical signal processing to enhance the security of data networks. Optical steganography is used to inhibit the observation and analysis of data traffic. With the use of optical CDMA, service interruption is prevented in the presence of infrastructure attacks. The soft blocking capability provides protection paths without the need of permanently reserving the bandwidth. Optical CDMA also provides a large size of code set that reduces the probability of interception of the secure signal by an eavesdropper. Finally, all-optical data encryption is demonstrated that prevents side-channel attacks and enables real-time encryption.
AB - We propose and demonstrate the use of optical signal processing to enhance the security of data networks. Optical steganography is used to inhibit the observation and analysis of data traffic. With the use of optical CDMA, service interruption is prevented in the presence of infrastructure attacks. The soft blocking capability provides protection paths without the need of permanently reserving the bandwidth. Optical CDMA also provides a large size of code set that reduces the probability of interception of the secure signal by an eavesdropper. Finally, all-optical data encryption is demonstrated that prevents side-channel attacks and enables real-time encryption.
KW - Network security
KW - Optical code division multiple access
KW - Optical encryption
KW - Optical signal processing
KW - Optical steganography
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U2 - 10.1109/PS.2008.4804182
DO - 10.1109/PS.2008.4804182
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:65949093296
SN - 9781424443260
T3 - 2008 International Conference on Photonics in Switching, PS 2008
BT - 2008 International Conference on Photonics in Switching, PS 2008
T2 - 2008 International Conference on Photonics in Switching, PS 2008
Y2 - 4 August 2008 through 7 August 2008
ER -