IPchain: Securing IP Prefix Allocation and Delegation with Blockchain
Networking and Internet Architecture
2018-05-14 v1
Abstract
We present IPchain, a blockchain to store the allocations and delegations of IP addresses, with the aim of easing the deployment of secure interdomain routing systems. Interdomain routing security is of vital importance to the Internet since it prevents unwanted traffic redirections. IPchain makes use of blockchains' properties to provide flexible trust models and simplified management when compared to existing systems. In this paper we argue that Proof of Stake is a suitable consensus algorithm for IPchain due to the unique incentive structure of this use-case. We have implemented and evaluated IPchain's performance and scalability storing around 150k IP prefixes in a 1GB chain.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1805.04439,
title = {IPchain: Securing IP Prefix Allocation and Delegation with Blockchain},
author = {Jordi Paillisse and Miquel Ferriol and Eric Garcia and Hamid Latif and Carlos Piris and Albert Lopez and Brenden Kuerbis and Alberto Rodriguez-Natal and Vina Ermagan and Fabio Maino and Albert Cabellos},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.04439},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
14 pages, 9 figures