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Summary of DTN Security Mechanisms
Bundle Authentication Header is computed at every sending bundle agent and checked at every receiving bundle agent on every hop along the way from the source to destination.
Bundle Agent
Region ?
Region ?
Security Policy Router
(may check PSH value)
Source
Application Node
Destination
Application Node
BAH
Payload Security Header is computed once at the source bundle agent, carried unchanged, and checked at the destination bundle agent (and possibly also at security boundary bundle agents).
BAH
BAH
BAH
PSH
Source vs. Sender
Destination vs. Receiver
Sender
Receiver/
Sender
Receiver/
Sender
Receiver/
Sender
Receiver
Source Bundle
Agent may enforce
access control and
Reject traffic from a
Bundle application.
PPT Version