NETWORK ANALYSIS WITH SATELLITE DATA

INTRODUCTION
• We live in a digital era in which the way we communicate has dramatically
changed. We can communicate digital files at any time, on any device, and with
anyone on the planet.

• In this digital revolution communication has a price: accidentally we have to

consent that the digital message we are sending will be potentially intercepted and
read on its way to the destination.

• Images and other multimedia files are frequently transmitted via computer
networks. The transmission of information across untrusted networks endangers the
security of the information. For example, due to continuous attempts of hackers,
images end up in the hands of illegal third parties during communication that might
profit or amend them without the awareness.
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• For this reason we need to product the information, a secure way to
communicate in the presence of adversaries, is important. This
demand, to prevent the contents of messages from intruders, gave
birth to cryptography, the science and art of sending messages in
secret.

• Cryptography might be a solution to this issue: if the sender

encrypts the message, assuming that only the destination has a way
to decrypt it, then privacy will be insured it is also for satellite data.
 Need of Security
As world of internetwork expanded need for the security over communication link
as well as over endpoints (source & destination) also became one of the major
concerns for the service providers, operators, and researchers.

YEAR Research Team Attack Element

2003 Los Alamos National Spoofing attack can

Laboratory, USA be implemented on
GPS
2007 and 2009 Stanford University Galileo in-orbit
validation element A
(GIOVEA) and
Compass-M1
civilian codes
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• Security over the satellite link is always a key feature
for the military and state departments. There always
arise issues in security of the link due to number of
attacks from the intruders to disrupt the link as well
as tarnish data integrity, and confidentiality.
 List of Security Issues in satellite
communication
1. Scanning/attacking

2. Jamming

3. Miss positioning/Control

4. Transponder spoofing/direct commanding.

5. Security Key management issues

6. Satellite based hybrid networks security implementation issues

7. Satellite based broadband multicast networks security implementation issues

8. TCP based security implementation issues in Satellite Networks infrastructure.

9. VPN Implementation based Security issues in Satellite communication infrastructure.

10. Ground Stations, Telemetry and command systems protection issues.

11. Denial of Service attack (DoS and DDoS attacks) issues.

12. Miscellaneous command and infrastructure security issues.

 Aspects of Satellite Security

 Access Control

 Authentication

 Availability

 Confidentiality

 Data Integrity

 Accountability
 CASE STUDY
• Author Mitko Bogdanoski in the year 2015 demonstrates about
DoS SYN flood attack.
• Here, they used the SYN flood attack is well-known DoS
method which affects hosts that run TCP server processes (the
three-way handshake mechanism of TCP connection).
• The main advantage is Less amount of tracing packets, less
computational overhead, high rates of tracing success.
• The Disadvantage is Huge consumption of critical resource
like memory for tracing.
 Hence, DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks are one
of the alarming issues of security over the collaborative
networks, and in turn a major concern for the security over the
commercial satellite based communication infrastructure that
often poorly equipped with the measures to encounter the
serious and advance security threats over the links.
 Based on these analysis , I focused DDOS (Distributed Denial
of Service) Attack with hybrid mechanism.