Secure videoconferencing
Peter Honeyman, A. J. Adamson, Kevin Coffman, Janani Janakiraman, Rob Jerdonek, Jim Rees · 1998
At the Center for Information Technology Integration, we are experimenting with algorithms and protocols for building secure applications. In our security testbed, we have modified VIC, an off-the-shelf videoconferencing application, to support GSS, a generic security interface. We then layered these interfaces onto a smartcard-based key distribution algorithm and a fast cipher. Because these components are accompanied by rigorous mathematical proofs of security and are accessed through narrowly-defined interfaces, we have confidence in the strength of the system's security. 1. Introduction Security and cryptography research and development are advancing at an accelerating rate, yet the payoff in secure distributed applications is not being realized [1, 2]. This failure is due in part to limitations in Internet infrastructure, such as secure naming and routing, which are not to be found except in isolated prototypes. Progress is being made in securing the essential fabric of the Int...