Research on Implementation of the MacSec Protocol in the Linux OS Kernel

Student: Umyarov Ruslan

Faculty: HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM HSE)

Educational Programme: Cyber Security (Specialist)

Final Grade: 10

Year of Graduation: 2021

Currently, the IEEE 802.1AE (MACSec) standard in Linux is implemented using the GCM encryption mode, which is absent in the national standards of the Russian Federation and is not certified by the FSS. In this paper, we propose the application of the authenticated encryption algorithm Multilinear Galois Mode (MGM) mode into the IEEE 802.1AE standard (MACSec) for the Linux OS kernel. This enables using the reliable IEEE 802.1AE (MACSec) encryption standard in Russian cryptographic solutions.

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