NETWORK PHYSICAL LAYER ATTACK IN THE VERY HIGH CAPACITY
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NETWORK PHYSICAL LAYER ATTACK IN THE VERY HIGH CAPACITY NETWORKS

GRENAR, David, Jakub FROLKA, Karel SLAVÍČEK, Otto DOSTÁL, Martin KYSELAK et. al.

Basic information

Original name

NETWORK PHYSICAL LAYER ATTACK IN THE VERY HIGH CAPACITY NETWORKS

Authors

GRENAR, David, Jakub FROLKA, Karel SLAVÍČEK (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Otto DOSTÁL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Martin KYSELAK

Edition

Advances in electrical and electronic engineering, OSTRAVA, VSB-TECHNICAL UNIV OSTRAVA, 2023, 1336-1376

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

20201 Electrical and electronic engineering

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.600 in 2022

Organization unit

Institute of Computer Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.15598/aeee.v21i1.4973

UT WoS

000995750300005

Keywords in English

Eavesdropping detection; fiber optics; very high capacity network; network traffic eavesdropping

Abstract

V originále

This paper focuses on the analysis of fiber optic line eavesdropping options based on cheap and easy-to-use equipment -for example, the commonly used fiber optic splitters with suitable optical power division ratios. The fiber optic splitter takes a small portion of the optical power sufficient for the eavesdropper to read the data and lets as much signal power as possible pass in the original direction. We attempted to detect the presence of fiber optic splitter-based eavesdropping points on the communication line by using common techniques designated for fiber optic quality measurement and fault detection. The results are summarised in this paper.year billions of dollars are lost due to intrusions into those same networks. At first, fiber optic networks were touted as one of the most secure infrastructure options. In the last couple of years, it has been suggested that fiber is almost as easy to tap as copper [1] and [2]. Today, there are millions of miles of fiber cable spanning the globe. Large amount of data are being transmitted across these cables daily, including sensitive government data, and personal financial, and medical information. Fiber optic communication is widely and publicly understood as a medium that is difficult to eavesdrop on. Unfortunately, this common conception is far from the technical reality. In this paper, we study some cheap and easily accessible tools for eavesdropping on fiber optic communications and explore the chances for the automatic detection of their placement on live fiber optic lines.

Links

VI20192022140, research and development project

Name: Detekce narušení obranného perimetru pomocí okamžité změny polarizace optického signálu

Investor: Ministry of the Interior of the CR, Detection of Defence Perimeter Disturbance by Instaneous Changing of Optical Signal Polarization

Citovat

GRENAR, David, Jakub FROLKA, Karel SLAVÍČEK, Otto DOSTÁL and Martin KYSELAK. NETWORK PHYSICAL LAYER ATTACK IN THE VERY HIGH CAPACITY NETWORKS. Advances in electrical and electronic engineering. OSTRAVA: VSB-TECHNICAL UNIV OSTRAVA, 2023, vol. 21, No 1, p. 37-47. ISSN 1336-1376. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.15598/aeee.v21i1.4973.

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GRENAR, David, Jakub FROLKA, Karel SLAVÍČEK, Otto DOSTÁL and Martin KYSELAK. NETWORK PHYSICAL LAYER ATTACK IN THE VERY HIGH CAPACITY NETWORKS. \textit{Advances in electrical and electronic engineering}. OSTRAVA: VSB-TECHNICAL UNIV OSTRAVA, 2023, vol.~21, No~1, p.~37-47. ISSN~1336-1376. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.15598/aeee.v21i1.4973.

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