Related objectives from the unit outline:

1.     analyse the existence of vulnerabilities inherent in insecure software products;

2.     evaluate software solutions to security problems;

3.     Judge the effectiveness of mitigation strategies for security vulnerabilities.

Background:

Security is a major concern for many mission-critical applications.  The focus of the assignment is specifically on protocols that contain known vulnerabilities.

Task:

You are required to provide an analysis of an existing protocol.  You should describe the history of the protocol, show clearly how it works, show how the protocol is vulnerable, discuss the impact of known exploits for the vulnerability, and provide an opinion (supported by references) of the longevity of the aforementioned exploits.

Choose from one of the following protocols:

• IEEE 1394
• Bluetooth
• ZigBee
• DECT
• VoIP
• Radius
• NTP

There are two deliverables for this assignment which must be included in the same zip file:

1.     A Word document analysing your chosen protocol. 

2.     Copies of any files used as references (e.g. pdf files for journal articles and book chapters or mht files for web pages);

Referencing (APA):

All sources of references must be cited (in text citation) and listed (end reference list) as discussed in the lecture.