Análisis y comparación de la seguridad utilizando dos protocolos de enrutamiento para IPv6

Abstract

In the next years, IPv6 will inevitably replace the IPv4 protocol. Although, taking consciousness about technical details and aspects of security of the “new” protocol, the protocol is poorly applied in administrator’s networks of different Ecuadorian companies. The security attacks to the IPv4 protocol, illustrating the vulnerabilities of networks, are likely also happening in IPv6, and that is why we evaluated the response of two IPv6 protocols against security attacks. Two virtual networks were designed and implemented, conformed by routers and hosts. The first one was configured with the OPSFv3 protocol and the second with RIPng. We used a server-client model, where clients share information with the server databases, interacting with the services. The implemented network model simulated a business environment, where each node connected to the network represented different branches and matrices that a company could have. Different types of attacks to the network were performed and the response from both were measured, taking into consideration the following parameters: availability, integrality and confidentiality. The statistical interpretation of the tests provided insight on how security operates in IPv6. This knowledge could serve as a source of information for network administrators on the security susceptibility of the IPv6 protocol.