RFC 7416: A Security Threat Analysis for the Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPLs)

This document presents a security threat analysis for the Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPLs). The development builds upon previous work…

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Outgoing relationships (23 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 6550: RPL: IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks
Normative reference — RFC 4107: Guidelines for Cryptographic Key Management
Normative reference — RFC 7102: Terms Used in Routing for Low-Power and Lossy Networks
Normative reference — RFC 6719: The Minimum Rank with Hysteresis Objective Function
Informative reference — RFC 2328: OSPF Version 2
Informative reference — RFC 4949: Internet Security Glossary, Version 2
Informative reference — RFC 5751: Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) Version 3.2 Message Specification
Informative reference — RFC 4732: Internet Denial-of-Service Considerations
Informative reference — RFC 5191: Protocol for Carrying Authentication for Network Access (PANA)
Informative reference — RFC 5216: The EAP-TLS Authentication Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 6824: TCP Extensions for Multipath Operation with Multiple Addresses
Informative reference — RFC 3610: Counter with CBC-MAC (CCM)
Informative reference — RFC 4593: Generic Threats to Routing Protocols
Informative reference — RFC 5673: Industrial Routing Requirements in Low-Power and Lossy Networks
Informative reference — RFC 5826: Home Automation Routing Requirements in Low-Power and Lossy Networks
Informative reference — RFC 5867: Building Automation Routing Requirements in Low-Power and Lossy Networks
Informative reference — RFC 5548: Routing Requirements for Urban Low-Power and Lossy Networks
Informative reference — RFC 6192: Protecting the Router Control Plane
Informative reference — RFC 6574: Report from the Smart Object Workshop
Informative reference — RFC 3067: TERENA'S Incident Object Description and Exchange Format Requirements
Informative reference — RFC 7142: Reclassification of RFC 1142 to Historic
Informative reference — RFC 7397: Report from the Smart Object Security Workshop

Incoming relationships (7 related RFCs)

Informatively referenced by — RFC 9008: Using RPI Option Type, Routing Header for Source Routes, and IPv6-in-IPv6 Encapsulation in the RPL Data Plane
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9010: Routing for RPL (Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks) Leaves
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9035: A Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL) Destination-Oriented Directed Acyclic Graph (DODAG) Configuration Option for the 6LoWPAN Routing Header
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9159: IPv6 Mesh over BLUETOOTH(R) Low Energy Using the Internet Protocol Support Profile (IPSP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9914: Root-Initiated Routing State in the Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9854: AODV-RPL: The Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL) Based on Ad Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV) Routing
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9866: Root Node Failure Detector (RNFD): Fast Detection of Border Router Crashes in the Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL)