Document Type	Master's Dissertation
Author	Slaviero, Marco Lorenzo
URN	etd-02102005-135651
Document Title	Secure and Distributed Multicast Address Allocation on IPv6 Networks
Degree	MSc (Computer Science)
Department	Computer Science
Supervisor	Advisor Name Title Prof. M S Olivier Committee Chair
Keywords	security protocols multicast IPv6 distributed systems algorithms address allocation
Date	2004-10-26
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Address allocation has been a limiting factor in the deployment of multicast solutions, and, as other multicast technologies advance, a general solution to this problem becomes more urgent. This study examines the current state of address allocation and finds impediments in many of the proposed solutions. A number of the weaknesses can be traced back to the rapidly ageing Internet Protocol version 4, and therefore it was decided that a new approach is required. A central part of this work relies on the newer Internet Protocol version 6, specifically the Unicast prefix based multicast address format. The primary aim of this study was to develop an architecture for secure distributed IPv6 multicast address allocation. The architecture should be usable by client applications to retrieve addresses which are globally unique. The product of this work was the Distributed Allocation Of Multicast Addresses Protocol, or DAOMAP. It is a system whichcan be deployed on nodes which wish to take part in multicast address allocation and an implementation was developed. Analysis and simulations determined that the devised model fitted the stated requirements, and security testing determinedthat DAOMAP was safe from a series of attacks.
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