Secure middleware for IP-based in-vehicle communication

For in-car communication networks, IP is increasingly seen as an option, with security addressed at the network and at the application layer. A middleware handling security issues could drastically simplify the software requirements.


Introduction
Focus is pointed on system software for communication within an IP-based in-vehicle network. Thereby security requirements are addressed by an abstraction layer for communication – a secure communication middleware.


The goal of a communication middleware is to offer an abstraction from the underlying communication layers to the application developer. The same should hold true for security mechanism: In order to achieve crypto-agility – i. e. the possibility to easily exchange cryptographic algorithms if needed – a suitable security abstraction is required. While an application developer decides on security requirements, the communication middleware abstracts from the actually used security mechanisms.

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Figure 1. IP will be the convergence layer of in-vehicle networks. For full resolution, click here

About the authors:

. Gerrit Grotewold is project engineer at SOLIN AG. He supports BMW Group Research and Technology at the SEIS project.

. Kay Weckemann is researcher in the field of IP-based system software for BMW Group Research and Technology GmbH.

Courtesy of Automotive DesignLine Europe.