Messaging Protocols: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 00:01, 26 November 2011

The purpose of the low-level protocol is to provide primatives such as:

Message Encapsulation appropriate for different mediums
- RS-232
- RS-485
- Ethernet
- SMS/Cellular
Polling, and unique identification protocol
- Uniquely identify all devices on the network
- Handle collisions

Ideally, session is encrypted and authenticated at all levels
- User should know they are interacting with a legitimate terminal
- Token should know that it is talking to a legitimate reader
- Reader should not leak any secrets during transaction
- Secrets should not be subject to interception between reader and server/panel
  - Physically secure wiring/network
  - Secure/encrypted protocols
Messages should be not be able to vulnerable to session replay
- Time stamping/serializing of messages
Messages should not be subject to intentional or accidental alteration in transit
- Message CRC and cryptographic signing/MAC protocol

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 ===Candidate Protocols for Messaging and Encapsulation===
-====Low-level Signalling and anti-collision====
+====Low-level Signalling====
+The purpose of the low-level protocol is to provide primatives such as:
+*Message Encapsulation appropriate for different mediums
+**RS-232
+**RS-485
+**Ethernet
+**SMS/Cellular
+*Polling, and unique identification protocol
+**Uniquely identify all devices on the network
+**Handle collisions
+=====Protocol Candidates=====
 * [http://www.modbus.org MODBUS - Industrial Control protocol, works over serial or Ethernet]
 ** [http://www.modbus.org/docs/Modbus_over_serial_line_V1.pdf MODBUS over Serial]
 ====End to end session protocol====
 =====Considerations=====