Security-Oriented Network Architecture

Table 1

List of used notation.

Notation	Description
IDM	Identity manager for managing identity and credentials
AA	Accountability agent for tracking the source identity
IDA	ID authenticator for authenticating an entity
IDR	ID router for verifying host ID authenticity
BR	Border router
HID	Host identifier
I-Loc	Inner locator for routing in the intradomain
O-Loc	Outer locator for routing in the interdomain
EID	Ephemeral and encrypted ID to identify a host
EI-Loc	Encrypted inner locator
EHID	Encrypted host ID
Code	Message authentication code
SAC	Source authentication code for host ID authenticity
DAC	Domain authentication code for domain ID authenticity
LAC	Location authentication code for locator authenticity
AID + Code	Authenticated user identifier and message authentication code
SrcLoc	Source host locator
DstLoc	Destination host locator
SrcDomainID	Source domain identifier
DstDomainID	Destination domain identifier
HK	A symmetric key owned by the host
MACKey	A symmetric key to protect layer-2 data
MK	A symmetric master key owned by border routers
VK and DK	A shared symmetric key to verify authenticity
SK	A symmetric key to encrypt data in IP header
PF	A privacy flag
DF	A dynamic factor which may be randomly generated