The Tactile Internet paradigm is set to revolutionize human society by enabling skill-set delivery and haptic communication over ultra-reliable, low-latency networks. The emerging sixth-generation (6G) mobile communication systems are envisioned to underpin this Tactile Internet ecosystem at the network edge by providing ubiquitous global connectivity. However, apart from a multitude of opportunities of the Tactile Internet, security and privacy challenges emerge at the forefront. We believe that the recently standardized QUIC protocol, characterized by end-to-end encryption and reduced round-trip delay would serve as the backbone of Tactile Internet. In this article, we envision a futuristic scenario where a QUIC-enabled network uses the underlying 6G communication infrastructure to achieve the requirements for Tactile Internet. Interestingly this requires a deeper investigation of a wide range of security and privacy challenges in QUIC, that need to be mitigated for its adoption in Tactile Internet. Henceforth, this article reviews the existing security and privacy attacks in QUIC and their implication on users. Followed by that, we discuss state-of-the-art attack mitigation strategies and investigate some of their drawbacks with possible directions for future work
翻译:触觉互联网范式将通过超可靠、低延迟网络实现技能传递与触觉通信,有望彻底改变人类社会。新兴的第六代(6G)移动通信系统被设想为在网络边缘提供全球无缝连接,为这一触觉互联网生态系统奠定基础。然而,除了触觉互联网带来的众多机遇外,安全与隐私挑战也日益凸显。我们认为,近期标准化的QUIC协议——其特点是端到端加密与减少往返延迟——将成为触觉互联网的核心支撑。本文设想了一个未来场景:支持QUIC的网络利用底层6G通信基础设施来实现触觉互联网的需求。有趣的是,这需要对QUIC中一系列安全与隐私挑战进行深入探究,这些挑战必须得到缓解才能使其适用于触觉互联网。因此,本文回顾了QUIC中现有的安全与隐私攻击及其对用户的影响,随后讨论了当前最先进的攻击缓解策略,并探究了其中一些缺陷,同时为未来工作提供了可能方向。