Network Communication Encoding: A Study for Authentication Protocols

The use of internet has increased significantly in the COVID-19 pandemic, and this has set the ground for various cyber-attacks, which are executed over the network during data transmission. This scenario is proven to be multifold for accessing the cloud remotely deployed in university premises. To provide secure authentication and compatibility over heterogeneous systems for cloud accessibility, every network communication applies an encoding scheme to standardize data transmission. With many wireless and ad-hoc networks where the nature of communication is difficult to monitor, the encoding scheme prevents malicious code injection during data transmission. The objective of this paper is to study encoding schemes available for data transmission and their application in terms of authentication protocols such as Kerberos and LDAP. Furthermore, it will also emphasize on the design of integration model of Kerberos and LDAP to Cloud and Shared Storage to evaluate the impact of ASN.1 vulnerability.