A comparative analysis on security of MQTT brokers

Jaidip Kotak, Anal Shah, Ayushi Shah, Palak Rajdev

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Abstract

In the era of rapid revolution of Internet of Things (IoT), the security of IoT devices as well as its application protocols has become significant. MQTT (MQ Telemetry Transport) is a light weight protocol used for communication between IoT devices. It is being extensively used in a low bandwidth environment (e.g. smart cities, home automation, etc.). There are multiple vendors for clients and brokers which are used for publishing/subscribing to topics and which act as an intermediate server respectively. As different brokers are developed by different developers, it may have different implementation flaws which impact the security of the communication between IoT devices in various ways. In this paper, we analyze various brokers available on internet from security point of view by performing DoS attack and information gathering techniques on the broker, compare the outcomes and try to find out the least vulnerable broker that can be used for secure communication between IoT devices.

Original languageEnglish
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd Smart Cities Symposium, SCS 2019 - Bahrain, Bahrain
Duration: 24 Mar 201926 Mar 2019

Conference

Conference2nd Smart Cities Symposium, SCS 2019
Country/TerritoryBahrain
CityBahrain
Period24/03/1926/03/19

Keywords

  • Critical infrastructure
  • Home Automation
  • Internet of Things
  • IoT
  • MQTT
  • Security
  • Smart Cities

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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