Rethinking In-Vehicle Network Protocols: From Address-Based to Data-Centric Security and Routing

Threet et al. (2022) show the promise of Named Data Networking (NDN) in multi-protocol automotive environments, but this remains early-stage. My idea is to redesign in-vehicle networking around NDN principles, where data is authenticated at the packet level and routing is determined by data names rather than device addresses. This could enable secure multi-protocol bridging (CAN, LIN, Ethernet), robust against spoofing and replay attacks, and allow for dynamic, context-aware data flows (e.g., prioritizing ADAS data during emergencies). It challenges the address-centric norm (see Ben Chehida Douss et al., 2023) and could revolutionize both security and flexibility in future vehicle architectures.

References:

1. Securing Automotive Architectures with Named Data Networking. Zachariah Threet, C. Papadopoulos, W. Lambert, P. Podder, Spiros Thanasoulas, Alexander Afanasyev, Sheikh K. Ghafoor, Susmit Shannigrahi (2022). 2022 IEEE 25th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC).
2. State-of-the-art survey of in-vehicle protocols and automotive Ethernet security and vulnerabilities.. Aida Ben Chehida Douss, Ryma Abassi, D. Sauveron (2023). Mathematical biosciences and engineering : MBE.