Throwing MUD into the FOG: Defending IoT and Fog by expanding MUD to Fog network

Authors: 

Vafa Andalibi, DongInn Kim, and L. Jean Camp, Indiana University Bloomington

Abstract: 

Manufacturer Usage Description (MUD) is a proposed IETF standard enabling local area networks (LAN) to automatically configure their access control when adding a new IoT device based on the recommendations provided for that device by the manufacturer. MUD has been proposed as an isolation-based defensive mechanism with a focus on devices in the home, where there is no dedicated network administrator. In this paper, we describe the efficacy of MUD for a generic IoT device under different threat scenarios in the context of the Fog. We propose a method to use rate limiting to prevent end devices from participating in denial of service attacks (DDoS), including against the Fog itself. We illustrate our assumptions by providing a possible real world example and describe the benefits for MUD in the Fog for various stakeholders.

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BibTeX
@inproceedings {234809,
author = {Vafa Andalibi and DongInn Kim and L. Jean Camp},
title = {Throwing {MUD} into the {FOG}: Defending {IoT} and Fog by expanding {MUD} to Fog network},
booktitle = {2nd USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Edge Computing (HotEdge 19)},
year = {2019},
address = {Renton, WA},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/hotedge19/presentation/andalibi},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = jul
}