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Security Policy Router: for finer granularity of access control anywhere in the DTN
Bundle Agent
Region ?
Region ?
Security Policy Router
(may check PSH value)
Source
Application Node
Destination
Application Node
Payload Security Header is computed once at the source bundle agent, carried unchanged, and may be checked at security boundary routers.
Verification of the PSH hash value authenticates the bundle as having been sent by the source and as being unmodified since being sent
The security policy router access control decision may be based on the source’s credentials; there is no need to trust upstream bundle agents
Source vs. Sender
Destination vs. Receiver
Receiver/
Sender
Source Bundle
Agent may enforce
access control and
Reject traffic from a
Bundle application.
PSH
PSH
PPT Version