Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Turbo Internet provides security problems – Computer Sweden

Protocol TCP is base for the internet, because it specifies how data packets are transported. Now there is a danger that a tuned version called Multipath TCP, mptcp, can cause problems in terms of safety.

TCP is used just a connection for sending data. With mptpc several different paths used simultaneously, such as wifi and 4g. It provides better performance and flexibility, writes IDG News.

But it will be problem for security software, such as firewalls and software package for analysis. They are designed to work with standard TCP.

– Mptpc can basically used to circumvent the security whatsoever. It will be a big problem, said Catherine Pearce, säkerhstkonsult at Neohapsis.

Mptpc already in use in Apple’s software Siri voice recognition, according to research presented at the major security conference Black Hat this week. While Cisco and Juniper uses the protocol in some equipment.

There is still early in the development of mptcp, but because it is backward compatible with TCP, you can use . There is every reason to believe that their use will increase, thus can lead to security problems.

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