Visible to the public On Using Camera-based Visible Light Communication for Security Protocols

TitleOn Using Camera-based Visible Light Communication for Security Protocols
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2020
AuthorsChu, Wen-Yi, Yu, Ting-Guang, Lin, Yu-Kai, Lee, Shao-Chuan, Hsiao, Hsu-Chun
Conference Name2020 IEEE Security and Privacy Workshops (SPW)
Date Publishedmay
Keywordscamera, Cameras, LED Ring, Metrics, Protocols, pubcrawl, Resiliency, Ring lasers, Scalability, security, Software, Transmitters, visible light communication, Visible Light Communications Security, VLC
AbstractIn security protocol design, Visible Light Communication (VLC) has often been abstracted as an ideal channel that is resilient to eavesdropping, manipulation, and jamming. Camera Communication (CamCom), a subcategory of VLC, further strengthens the level of security by providing a visually verifiable association between the transmitter and the extracted information. However, the ideal security guarantees of visible light channels may not hold in practice due to limitations and tradeoffs introduced by hardware, software, configuration, environment, etc. This paper presents our experience and lessons learned from implementing CamCom for security protocols. We highlight CamCom's security-enhancing properties and security applications that it enables. Backed by real implementation and experiments, we also systematize the practical considerations of CamCom-based security protocols.
DOI10.1109/SPW50608.2020.00034
Citation Keychu_using_2020