OIF Agreement Focuses on Optical Protocol Security

The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) approved a new implementation agreement defining security methods for management interfaces to Network Elements (NEs). The Implementation Agreement (IA) presents a model for securing Operations, Administration, Maintenance, & Provisioning (OAM&P) protocols at different layers, describes systems that are well-suited to secure these interfaces at various protocol layers and provides specifications for using these security systems appropriately.


Joe Berthold, president of the OIF, said this "IA extends the OIF's previous security work on signaling and goes a long way towards ensuring that 'back doors' to network elements are inaccessible to hackers."http://www.oiforum.com/public/impagreements.html#UNI