Andrew Rodgers on Host Identity Protocol

Link: https://www.ericsson.com/4af00f/assets/local/reports-papers/research-papers/host_identity_protocol_connectivity_multi-homing_security_and_privacy_over_ipv4_and_ipv6_networks.pdf

Description: The Host Identity Protocol (HIP) is an inter-networking architecture and an associated set of protocols. HIP enhances the original Internet architecture by adding a name space used between the IP layer and the transport protocols. This new name space consists of cryptographic identifiers, thereby implementing the so-called identifier/locator split. Mobility, multi-homing, and baseline end-to-end security integrate neatly into the new architecture. The use of cryptographic identifiers allows enhanced accountability, thereby providing a base for easier build up of trust. With privacy enhancements, HIP allows good location anonymity, assuring strong identity only towards relevant trusted parties. This article provides an in-depth look at HIP, discussing its architecture, design, benefits, potential drawbacks, and ongoing work.

Bio: Andrew Rodgers is a medium data expert, with expensive experience deploying and managing edge and IoT systems who is very excited for yet another DNS to blame.