Motorola Wireless Broadband Platform User Manual

Security and the Motorola

Canopy™ Wireless Broadband

Platform

(Advanced Security Techniques)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction......................................................................................................................... 1

Why Are Security Measures Necessary?............................................................................ 1

Clear Text Transmissions ............................................................................................... 1

Passive Monitoring ......................................................................................................... 2

End-to-End Security........................................................................................................ 2

Security Features of the Canopy System ............................................................................ 2

Canopy’s Proprietary Protocol........................................................................................ 3

Authentication................................................................................................................. 3

Key Management............................................................................................................ 4

Encryption....................................................................................................................... 5

Data Encryption Standard (DES)................................................................................ 5

Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) ....................................................................... 6

Summary............................................................................................................................. 8

List of Tables

Table 1. The Authentication Process ................................................................................. 4

Table 2. Canopy Key Management.................................................................................... 4

Table 3. Methods of Encryption and Their Associated Keys............................................. 7

List of Acronyms

AES...................................................................Advanced Encryption Standard

AP.....................................................................Access Point

BAM .................................................................Bandwidth and Authentication Manager

BH.....................................................................Backhaul Module

CMM................................................................Cluster Management Module

DES ..................................................................Data Encryption Standard

DHCP ..............................................................Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

FIPS........................................................Federal Information Processing Standards

IP ......................................................................Internet Protocol

LAN ..................................................................Local Area Network

NAT ..................................................................Network Address Translation

QoS...................................................................Quality of Service

SM.....................................................................Subscriber Module

SNMP...............................................................Simple Network Management Protocol

SQL...................................................................Structured Queary Language

TIA....................................................................Telecommunications Industry Association

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