The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)

The Center for Education and Research in
Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)
Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security

Susan Labonte - MITRE Corporation

Students: Spring 2025, unless noted otherwise, sessions will be virtual on Zoom.

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Networks: Security Vulnerability Research

Dec 03, 1999

Abstract

ATM networks are being implemented without widespread knowledge of whether security vulnerabilities are inherent in ATM protocols or vendors's implementations. Given the complexity of ATM, and that such complexity typically leads to vulnerabilities, it is likely that deployed ATM networks are vulnerable to attack. Network administrators may not be equipped to recognize the attacks or protect against them.

This talk will describe a project that is investigating security vulnerabilities in ATM networks and developing penetration tools to exploit them. A primary focus of the project is the ATM Forum's LAN Emulation (LANE), which is designed to allow existing LAN (e.g., Ethernet) applications to run over ATM networks. An area being researched is the use of traditional Ethernet attacks against Emulated LANs. Another area being researched is the inherent vulnerability of implementing the ATM Forum's LANE protocol as specified.

About the Speaker

Susan Labonte
Ms. Labonte received her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1986 and began working for MITRE on tactical data links for the military, with particular emphasis on international data link implementations, COMSEC issues, and interoperability testing. In 1998, she joined MITRE's Information Warfare and Secure Systems Engineering department as an INFOSEC Engineer, and has been involved with researching network vulnerabilities and demonstrating attack tools.



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