Modeling and Verifying Identity Authentication Security of HDFS Using CSP

  • Chao Xu
  • , Huibiao Zhu*
  • , Wanling Xie
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

As one of the most popular software framework for distributed storage of big data, HDFS has lots of good features, such as high throughput and high fault-tolerance. However, with its rapid development, potential data security risks are exposed and founding the security mechanism for HDFS clusters has become an important issue. In this paper, we investigate the identity authentication problem on HDFS and select Kerberos protocol as corresponding security mechanism to deal with the problem. We use the process algebra CSP to model HDFS and HDFS with security mechanism, as well as their security properties. Moreover, we also use a model checking tool PAT to verify these properties. The verification results illustrate the existence of authentication problems on HDFS and Kerberos can effectively solve these problems. Consequently, a better understanding of HDFS and its security properties can be achieved and the establishment of security mechanism for HDFS can benefit from it. Besides, it is also a guide for the formalization of HDFS with security mechanism.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 24th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference, APSEC 2017
EditorsJian Lv, He Zhang, Mike Hinchey, Xiao Liu
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages259-268
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9781538636817
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Jul 2017
Event24th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference, APSEC 2017 - Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Duration: 4 Dec 20178 Dec 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings - Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference, APSEC
Volume2017-December
ISSN (Print)1530-1362

Conference

Conference24th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference, APSEC 2017
Country/TerritoryChina
CityNanjing, Jiangsu
Period4/12/178/12/17

Keywords

  • Authentication
  • CSP
  • HDFS
  • Kerberos
  • Modeling
  • Verification

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